The star has given the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound honor cash to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to preserve the Britain's small music venues.
He was awarded the award on mid-October as his new release the album was named the outstanding release of the past year.
He has decided to donate the funds to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the vital role small stages had in his beginning days.
"I personally wouldn't be doing my current career if it weren't for all the gigs I performed around the area, and further afield, when I was beginning," remarked Sam Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these locations have ceased operations – about 16% of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, well-known musicians such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by applying a modest fee to their ticket costs, which goes to help independent venues.
He also participated, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to support 38 local spots across the UK.
These funds helped locations that were dealing with potential shutdown due to difficulties caused by floods, blazes and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and sound issues.
Other venues obtained financial assistance in improving amenities and gear that directly benefitted performers and fans.
"The concept that revenue from performances in major spaces helps the smaller venues, where it begins for artists like me, is just sensible," Fender has commented.
He is far from the only musician to donate his award prize money to good deeds.
When they earned the trophy in the mid-90s for their release the album, vocalist Jarvis Cocker declared that the act would give their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, artist Ms Dynamite divided her award across several charities, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I donated a grand to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked better apparatus," she told the media.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective donated their winnings to the community center that supported their band, alongside other local music groups.
Additionally the 1994 recipients they donated their award to a MS organization after a acquaintance was identified with the condition.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," remarked artist Small. "The money was the extra but we could do without the extra, because we had the main prize. So our winning impacted another person's life."
In the past week, the trust revealed it had protected two local spots in the South East, by bringing them into community ownership.
The Joiners in that area and the other in the city were purchased under the community ownership initiative, which is backed by a national body and enthusiasts who buy "ownership units" in the properties.
