The artist has given the entirety of his £25k honor winnings to the MVT, which operates to protect the United Kingdom's small live music spots.
He was given the cheque on 16 October as his latest record People Watching was chosen as the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
The musician has decided to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function local spots had in his early career.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing this success if it hadn't been for all the gigs I did around the region, and further afield, when I was just getting going," stated the artist. "These spaces are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these spaces have shut down – about one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, well-known musicians including Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by applying a modest fee to their admission fees, which supports independent venues.
Fender also participated, raising more than £100,000 on his live tour to support numerous grassroots venues across the UK.
The money helped spaces that were confronting imminent closure due to issues arising from water damage, blazes and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, court cases and noise complaints.
Additional spaces obtained financial assistance in upgrading facilities and gear that helped performers and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from performances in large arenas backs the local stages, where it begins for musicians like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has stated.
Fender is among several artists to contribute his award winnings to good deeds.
When they won the award in the year 1996 for their album the album, lead singer the singer announced that the band would contribute their winnings to the organization War Child.
That year, artist Ms Dynamite divided her bounty among several organizations, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also gave 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," Ms Dynamite explained to the media.
In recent years, Ezra Collective contributed their winnings to the community center that supported their group, in addition to other local music groups.
Also the 1994 recipients the group contributed their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was found to have the illness.
"Receiving the award was ample," remarked artist Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our winning affected another person's life."
Recently, the MVT shared it had rescued a couple of grassroots venues in south-east England, by transferring them to community ownership.
The first in Southampton and the other in Bristol were purchased under the community ownership initiative, which is funded by the arts council and supporters who acquire "ownership units" in the venues.
