The artist has handed over the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound award winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which works to protect the Britain's grassroots live music spots.
He was awarded the cheque on 16 October as his new release his work was declared the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
The musician has chosen to hand the money over to the trust, in appreciation of the crucial part local spots played in his beginning days.
"I wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the shows I did around the region, and further afield, when I was beginning," said Sam Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these locations have shut down – about one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Recently, major artists like Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by adding a small levy to their admission fees, which supports independent venues.
Sam Fender also joined in, raising over £100k on his live tour to help thirty-eight local spots across the UK.
The donation assisted locations that were confronting potential shutdown due to issues stemming from water damage, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Additional spaces obtained financial assistance in upgrading facilities and technical equipment that helped artists and audiences.
"The idea that revenue from shows in big venues supports the local stages, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has commented.
Fender is among several artists to give his honor prize money to worthy causes.
In they won the trophy in 1996 for their album the album, lead singer Cocker announced that the act would donate their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
That year, musician she split her prize across a few organizations, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I contributed a grand to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked new equipment," the artist told outlets.
Two years ago, the band donated their winnings to the local youth club that nurtured their band, in addition to other local music groups.
Also 1994 winners M People donated their winnings to a MS organization after a friend was found to have the illness.
"The victory was quite enough," said singer the singer. "The prize was the extra but we could do without the extra, because we had the cake. So our success impacted somebody else's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had protected a couple of grassroots venues in the South East, by placing them under public stewardship.
One venue in Southampton and the second in the city were bought under the community ownership program, which is funded by Arts Council England and supporters who purchase "shares" in the venues.
