The star has given the complete sum of his £25k honor prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to protect the Britain's grassroots music venues.
Fender was presented with the cheque on mid-October as his new release his work was named the best record of the previous year.
The musician has chosen to hand the money over to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the crucial part 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 gigs I performed around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," remarked Sam Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – about one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, well-known musicians including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by applying a small levy to their ticket prices, which supports smaller concert halls.
Fender also participated, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to support numerous local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds supported locations that were facing possible closure due to difficulties caused by floods, fires and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and sound issues.
Other venues obtained financial assistance in improving facilities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted musicians and audiences.
"The concept that funds from concerts in big venues backs the local stages, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just logical," Fender has said.
The musician is not the first artist to donate his award prize money to charitable organizations.
In Pulp received the prize in the year 1996 for their release Different Class, vocalist Cocker stated that the band would contribute their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer she split her bounty across multiple organizations, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also gave a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked better apparatus," she told the media.
In recent years, the band contributed their funds to the community center that developed their group, alongside other local music groups.
And the 1994 recipients the group contributed their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was found to have the illness.
"Winning was ample," said singer Heather Small. "The money was the bonus but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the honor. So our victory affected the lives of others."
Last week, the MVT announced it had protected several small stages in south-east England, by placing them under local control.
The Joiners in that area and The Croft in that location were purchased under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is supported by a national body and supporters who buy "shares" in the buildings.
