The star has donated the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound honor cash to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to save the United Kingdom's grassroots music venues.
Fender was given the prize on mid-October as his latest record People Watching was named the top album of the previous year.
The musician has decided to give the cash to the MVT, in appreciation of the essential function grassroots venues fulfilled in his initial steps.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it weren't for all the gigs I performed around the North East, and beyond, when I was starting out," said Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – approximately one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, major artists such as Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its attempts to support the industry, by adding a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which supports local stages.
Fender also took part, generating more than £100,000 on his live tour to support numerous local spots across the UK.
The money assisted venues that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties arising from water damage, blazes and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces obtained financial assistance in upgrading facilities and gear that directly benefitted artists and fans.
"The idea that money from shows in large arenas helps the local stages, where it begins for artists like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has said.
The musician is far from the only musician to donate his award funds to worthy causes.
When Pulp received the prize in 1996 for their album the album, vocalist Cocker stated that the group would give their prize money to the non-profit the charity.
During 2002, artist she split her prize among several good causes, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also gave a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they needed better apparatus," she explained to a publication.
In recent years, they donated their funds to the community center that developed their group, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
And 1994 winners they gave their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was diagnosed the disease.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," said vocalist Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we could do without the extra, because we had the main prize. So our victory touched the lives of others."
In the past week, the MVT announced it had rescued two small stages in the South East, by placing them under public stewardship.
The Joiners in Southampton and the second in the city were bought under the community ownership scheme, which is backed by Arts Council England and music fans who purchase "stakes" in the buildings.
