The star has handed over the full amount of his £25,000 award prize money to the MVT, which operates to protect the United Kingdom's independent live music spots.
He was awarded the cheque on October 16 as his latest record People Watching was declared the best record of the previous year.
Fender has chosen to donate the funds to the trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part local spots fulfilled in his initial steps.
"As an artist would not have achieved this success if it weren't for all the performances I did around the area, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," said Sam Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these locations have shut down – roughly 16 percent of the total UK scene.
In the last year, top acts such as Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its initiatives to help venues survive, by adding a modest fee to their ticket costs, which goes to help independent venues.
Fender also joined in, raising more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support numerous grassroots venues across Britain.
These funds helped locations that were confronting possible closure due to issues stemming from floods, fires and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and neighbor objections.
Some locations were granted financial assistance in upgrading infrastructure and technical equipment that directly benefitted performers and concertgoers.
"The notion that revenue from shows in big venues backs the independent spots, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just sensible," the star has stated.
He is among several artists to give his award winnings to worthy causes.
In they earned the trophy in the mid-90s for their album the album, lead singer the singer declared that the act would donate their winnings to the organization War Child.
That year, artist she shared her award across a few organizations, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also donated a grand to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed better apparatus," she explained to a publication.
Previously, the band contributed their winnings to the youth organization that nurtured their act, alongside other independent music bodies.
And 1994 winners the group gave their award to a charity for MS after a friend was identified with the disease.
"The victory was quite enough," stated artist Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we could do without the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our victory impacted the lives of others."
Recently, the trust announced it had saved a couple of grassroots venues in the South East, by placing them under community ownership.
One venue in the city and The Croft in that location were acquired under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is funded by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.
