The artist has donated the complete sum of his £25,000 honor prize money to the MVT, which functions to save the United Kingdom's grassroots live music spots.
Fender was presented with the prize on 16 October as his latest record his work was declared the outstanding release of the previous year.
The musician has chosen to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function local spots had in his initial steps.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the gigs I did around the area, and further afield, when I was beginning," remarked Sam Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these venues have ceased operations – roughly 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, well-known musicians like the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which supports local stages.
Sam Fender also participated, raising more than £100,000 on his recent tour to assist numerous local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation supported locations that were confronting imminent closure due to challenges arising from water damage, fires and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and sound issues.
Other venues were granted financial assistance in improving facilities and technical equipment that directly benefitted artists and audiences.
"The idea that revenue from shows in large arenas supports the smaller venues, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has said.
Fender is among several artists to contribute his award prize money to charitable organizations.
When Pulp earned the award in the year 1996 for their album their work, lead singer Cocker declared that the group would give their cash to the organization War Child.
During 2002, artist Ms Dynamite split her prize among several organizations, including the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I donated a grand to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked better apparatus," the artist explained to the media.
In recent years, the band donated their prize money to the local youth club that nurtured their band, alongside other independent music bodies.
And the 1994 recipients they donated their award to a MS organization after a close contact was diagnosed the disease.
"Winning was sufficient," stated vocalist Heather Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the cake. So our victory touched the lives of others."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust shared it had saved several local spots in south-east England, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The Joiners in Southampton and The Croft in that location were bought under the community ownership scheme, which is funded by the arts council and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the buildings.
