The star has given the complete sum of his £25,000 award prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which works to protect the UK's small live music spots.
Fender was given the prize on 16 October as his latest record his work was chosen as the top album of the last 12 months.
He has chosen to give the cash to the trust, in recognition of the crucial part local spots had in his early career.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing this success if it hadn't been for all the gigs I played around the area, and further afield, when I was just getting going," remarked Sam Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have shut down – about one-sixth of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, major artists such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to support the industry, by including a modest fee to their ticket costs, which supports local stages.
Fender also joined in, raising over £100k on his live tour to support 38 grassroots venues across the UK.
These funds supported spaces that were confronting imminent closure due to challenges stemming from floods, blazes and bereavements, as well as permit problems, court cases and neighbor objections.
Other venues were granted financial assistance in upgrading infrastructure and technical equipment that directly benefitted musicians and concertgoers.
"The notion that money from performances in big venues supports the smaller venues, where it all starts for performers like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has stated.
The musician is not the first artist to give his award winnings to charitable organizations.
Back when Pulp won the award in the mid-90s for their release the album, frontman Jarvis Cocker stated that the band would contribute their winnings to the organization War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer the artist shared her award across several charities, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also gave a grand to the center, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they needed better apparatus," the artist shared with outlets.
Two years ago, they donated their prize money to the community center that nurtured their band, alongside other independent music bodies.
Additionally 1994 winners they gave their prize to a MS organization after a friend was diagnosed the illness.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," said artist Heather Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't need the extra, because we had the cake. So our winning touched the lives of others."
Recently, the trust announced it had rescued a couple of local spots in south-east England, by transferring them to local control.
The Joiners in that area and The Croft in Bristol were bought under the public acquisition initiative, which is funded by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who acquire "stakes" in the properties.
