The star has donated the entirety of his £25,000 award winnings to the MVT, which functions to preserve the United Kingdom's grassroots concert spaces.
The star was awarded the prize on 16 October as his latest record People Watching was chosen as the best record of the past year.
He has chosen to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the vital role grassroots venues fulfilled in his beginning days.
"As an artist would not have achieved my current career if it hadn't been for all the shows I performed around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," remarked Sam Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these venues have permanently closed – about 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, top acts like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by including a modest fee to their admission fees, which benefits local stages.
He also participated, raising over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to assist numerous small stages across the UK.
The money assisted venues that were facing imminent closure due to difficulties stemming from water damage, fires and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and noise complaints.
Some locations obtained financial assistance in upgrading infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that helped performers and audiences.
"The notion that money from shows in big venues backs the local stages, where it all starts for artists like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has commented.
He is among several artists to contribute his honor prize money to good deeds.
In the band won the prize in the mid-90s for their album their work, lead singer Cocker stated that the band would give their cash to the organization War Child.
That year, artist the artist shared her bounty between a few charities, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also donated a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked new equipment," Ms Dynamite told outlets.
In recent years, the band donated their winnings to the youth organization that supported their band, alongside other local music groups.
And 1994 winners they donated their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was found to have the disease.
"Winning was ample," stated vocalist Heather Small. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't require the extra, because we had the main prize. So our victory affected the lives of others."
In the past week, the trust revealed it had protected several local spots in the South East, by placing them under community ownership.
One venue in Southampton and the other in that location were purchased under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is funded by a national body and supporters who buy "stakes" in the buildings.
