The star has donated the full amount of his £25k award prize money to the MVT, which functions to save the United Kingdom's independent live music spots.
He was presented with the award on October 16 as his third album People Watching was declared the top album of the previous year.
Fender has chosen to donate the funds to the MVT, in appreciation of the crucial part grassroots venues fulfilled in his beginning days.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the gigs I performed around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," remarked Sam Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – approximately 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, major artists like Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the trust in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by including a small levy to their admission fees, which supports smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also took part, raising in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to assist 38 grassroots venues across Britain.
The money supported locations that were dealing with potential shutdown due to issues caused by flooding, fires and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces obtained monetary aid in modernizing infrastructure and gear that directly benefitted musicians and fans.
"The notion that money from concerts in major spaces helps the local stages, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just logical," Fender has commented.
The musician is among several artists to give his award winnings to worthy causes.
In they earned the prize in the mid-90s for their record Different Class, lead singer Jarvis Cocker declared that the group would donate their cash to the organization War Child.
In 2002, artist she divided her award among multiple good causes, including the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I donated a £1,000 to the center, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked new equipment," the artist explained to outlets.
In recent years, they contributed their funds to the local youth club that supported their act, alongside other local music groups.
And winners that year M People donated their winnings to a charity for MS after a friend was diagnosed the disease.
"Winning was quite enough," remarked singer the singer. "The prize was the bonus but we could do without the bonus, because we had the cake. So our victory affected somebody else's life."
Last week, the MVT shared it had saved two local spots in south-east England, by bringing them into local control.
The first in that area and the second in Bristol were purchased under the community ownership scheme, which is backed by a national body and enthusiasts who buy "shares" in the buildings.
