The star has handed over the full amount of his £25,000 award winnings to the trust for venues, which functions to protect the United Kingdom's grassroots music venues.
Fender was given the cheque on 16 October as his new release the album was chosen as the top album of the last 12 months.
Fender has chosen to hand the money over to the trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part small stages fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I personally wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the gigs I did around the region, and beyond, when I was beginning," said Sam Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these venues have permanently closed – roughly one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, well-known musicians including Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the trust in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also participated, generating over £100k on his live tour to assist thirty-eight small stages across the UK.
The donation assisted locations that were confronting possible closure due to challenges stemming from flooding, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Additional spaces were granted financial assistance in modernizing facilities and technical equipment that helped musicians and concertgoers.
"The notion that money from concerts in large arenas backs the smaller venues, where it all starts for artists like me, is just common sense," the star has stated.
The musician is far from the only musician to donate his award winnings to charitable organizations.
Back when Pulp won the prize in 1996 for their record the album, vocalist Jarvis Cocker announced that the group would give their winnings to the charity War Child.
That year, rapper and singer the artist shared her bounty across multiple good causes, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also donated a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed updated gear," the artist told a publication.
Two years ago, they contributed their funds to the youth organization that supported their act, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Also the 1994 recipients M People contributed their award to a charity for MS after a friend was identified with the illness.
"Winning was sufficient," said artist the singer. "The money was the bonus but we didn't require the extra, because we had the main prize. So our winning touched somebody else's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had rescued several grassroots venues in the South East, by transferring them to public stewardship.
One venue in Southampton and the second in the city were acquired under the public acquisition initiative, which is funded by a national body and music fans who acquire "stakes" in the venues.
