The star has given the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound honor cash to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to protect the Britain's independent concert spaces.
He was awarded the prize on 16 October as his new release his work was named the top album of the previous year.
He has decided to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function grassroots venues fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I would not have achieved my current career if it hadn't been for all the gigs I did around the North East, and further afield, when I was just getting going," remarked Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these locations have ceased operations – about one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Recently, top acts like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
He also participated, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to assist numerous small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation assisted spaces that were facing imminent closure due to challenges arising from flooding, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, court cases and sound issues.
Other venues were granted funding support in modernizing amenities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted performers and fans.
"The idea that funds from shows in big venues supports the local stages, where it begins for performers like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has said.
The musician is not the first artist to donate his award winnings to worthy causes.
When the band received the trophy in 1996 for their release Different Class, lead singer Jarvis Cocker stated that the band would donate their winnings to the non-profit the charity.
In 2002, rapper and singer the artist divided her prize among a few good causes, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I donated a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they required better apparatus," she shared with outlets.
Previously, Ezra Collective gave their winnings to the local youth club that supported their band, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Also winners that year M People gave their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was found to have the disease.
"The victory was quite enough," stated vocalist Heather Small. "The prize was the extra but we could do without the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our winning impacted somebody else's life."
In the past week, the MVT shared it had saved several grassroots venues in that region, by transferring them to local control.
The first in Southampton and The Croft in Bristol were acquired under the public acquisition scheme, which is supported by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.
