The artist has handed over the complete sum of his £25k award cash to the MVT, which functions to save the UK's grassroots concert spaces.
Fender was awarded the award on mid-October as his new release the album was declared the best record of the previous year.
The musician has opted to hand the money over to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the crucial part local spots played in his beginning days.
"I wouldn't be doing my current career if it hadn't been for all the performances I played around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," said Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these locations have permanently closed – about one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Recently, major artists like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Fender also participated, raising in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support 38 grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds helped spaces that were confronting possible closure due to difficulties stemming from flooding, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, court cases and noise complaints.
Other venues obtained funding support in modernizing infrastructure and gear that helped musicians and fans.
"The notion that funds from performances in big venues backs the independent spots, where it begins for artists like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to donate his award winnings to charitable organizations.
Back when the band won the trophy in the mid-90s for their release Different Class, vocalist the singer declared that the band would give their cash to the non-profit the charity.
That year, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite shared her bounty between several charities, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also contributed a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked new equipment," Ms Dynamite told a publication.
In recent years, Ezra Collective contributed their winnings to the youth organization that developed their band, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
And the 1994 recipients M People donated their award to a charity for MS after a friend was found to have the condition.
"The victory was quite enough," said singer Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our success affected another person's life."
In the past week, the MVT shared it had protected several local spots in the South East, by bringing them into local control.
The first in that area and The Croft in Bristol were purchased under the public acquisition scheme, which is backed by a national body and enthusiasts who acquire "stakes" in the properties.
