The star has handed over the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound honor cash to the Music Venues Trust, which works to protect the Britain's independent live music spots.
The star was presented with the prize on mid-October as his third album his work was declared the top album of the past year.
The musician has opted to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the crucial part local spots fulfilled in his initial steps.
"As an artist would not have achieved what I am doing today if it weren't for all the performances I performed around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," stated Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these venues have permanently closed – about 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, top acts such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by adding a modest fee to their ticket prices, which supports local stages.
Fender also joined in, generating over £100k on his recent tour to support 38 local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation assisted locations that were confronting possible closure due to difficulties stemming from water damage, fires and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Some locations obtained funding support in upgrading facilities and sound and lighting systems that helped musicians and audiences.
"The notion that funds from concerts in major spaces supports the smaller venues, where it begins for performers like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has stated.
Fender is not the first artist to give his award funds to worthy causes.
When Pulp earned the award in 1996 for their album the album, frontman the singer declared that the band would donate their winnings to the organization the charity.
That year, musician Ms Dynamite divided her prize between multiple charities, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also gave a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they required updated gear," the artist explained to outlets.
In recent years, they gave their funds to the youth organization that supported their group, alongside other local music groups.
And winners that year M People contributed their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was found to have the illness.
"The victory was quite enough," remarked artist Heather Small. "The prize was the extra but we could do without the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our winning touched another person's life."
In the past week, the MVT revealed it had protected a couple of small stages in south-east England, by transferring them to local control.
The Joiners in the city and The Croft in Bristol were purchased under the community ownership program, which is supported by the arts council and music fans who buy "ownership units" in the buildings.
