The star has given the full amount of his £25,000 award cash to the trust for venues, which operates to protect the United Kingdom's grassroots concert spaces.
Fender was presented with the prize on mid-October as his new release People Watching was declared the best record of the last 12 months.
The musician has chosen to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the essential function grassroots venues played in his early career.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing my current career if it hadn't been for all the shows I played around the North East, and beyond, when I was starting out," said Sam Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these locations have permanently closed – roughly 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, top acts such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its efforts to support the industry, by including a small levy to their ticket prices, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also participated, generating in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to help thirty-eight local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds assisted spaces that were confronting imminent closure due to difficulties arising from floods, fires and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Some locations received monetary aid in improving infrastructure and technical equipment that directly benefitted artists and audiences.
"The concept that revenue from performances in major spaces supports the independent spots, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just sensible," Fender has said.
The musician is not the first artist to give his award funds to charitable organizations.
In Pulp won the prize in the mid-90s for their release the album, frontman Cocker announced that the band would donate their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer she divided her award among multiple organizations, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I donated a grand to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed updated gear," Ms Dynamite shared with a publication.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective contributed their winnings to the local youth club that developed their act, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Additionally winners that year M People gave their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was diagnosed the disease.
"The victory was sufficient," remarked singer Heather Small. "The money was the extra but we could do without the cherry, because we had the honor. So our winning touched the lives of others."
In the past week, the MVT revealed it had rescued a couple of grassroots venues in that region, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The Joiners in Southampton and The Croft in the city were bought under the community ownership program, which is supported by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who acquire "shares" in the properties.
