The artist has given the complete sum of his £25k honor winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to protect the United Kingdom's small concert spaces.
He was presented with the award on October 16 as his latest record his work was named the best record of the last 12 months.
He has chosen to hand the money over to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the vital role small stages fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I would not have achieved this success if it weren't for all the shows I performed around the North East, and further afield, when I was beginning," said Sam Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – about 16% of the total UK scene.
Recently, top acts such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its efforts to help venues survive, by adding a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also joined in, generating in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to assist numerous local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation assisted locations that were dealing with possible closure due to challenges stemming from floods, blazes and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, court cases and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces received monetary aid in improving infrastructure and gear that positively impacted artists and fans.
"The concept that revenue from performances in major spaces supports the local stages, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has stated.
The musician is far from the only musician to contribute his award funds to charitable organizations.
Back when they received the prize in 1996 for their release the album, vocalist the singer declared that the act would give their winnings to the organization War Child.
That year, rapper and singer the artist divided her bounty between multiple good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also contributed a thousand pounds to the center, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked better apparatus," she shared with the media.
In recent years, the band donated their winnings to the local youth club that supported their group, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
And the 1994 recipients they donated their winnings to a MS organization after a friend was diagnosed the condition.
"Winning was sufficient," stated vocalist Small. "The prize was the extra but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the honor. So our success impacted another person's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had protected several grassroots venues in south-east England, by transferring them to local control.
The first in that area and The Croft in Bristol were bought under the public acquisition initiative, which is funded by the arts council and supporters who acquire "stakes" in the venues.
