The star has given the full amount of his £25k honor cash to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to preserve the Britain's small concert spaces.
He was presented with the cheque on 16 October as his new release People Watching was chosen as the best record of the previous year.
He has decided to hand the money over to the trust, in recognition of the essential function local spots fulfilled in his early career.
"I couldn't be pursuing this success if it hadn't been for all the performances I played around the North East, and further afield, when I was starting out," stated the artist. "These locations are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these locations have permanently closed – roughly one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Recently, top acts including Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by adding a small levy to their ticket prices, which goes to help independent venues.
Sam Fender also participated, generating over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to assist 38 grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds supported locations that were confronting possible closure due to issues arising from water damage, blazes and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Other venues received financial assistance in modernizing amenities and technical equipment that positively impacted musicians and audiences.
"The idea that money from performances in large arenas backs the smaller venues, where it all starts for artists like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has commented.
He is among several artists to contribute his honor funds to worthy causes.
In they won the award in the mid-90s for their album their work, lead singer the singer declared that the band would contribute their winnings to the charity the charity.
In 2002, rapper and singer the artist split her award between a few charities, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also donated a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked updated gear," she explained to a publication.
In recent years, Ezra Collective contributed their prize money to the youth organization that nurtured their group, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
And winners that year M People donated their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was identified with the illness.
"Winning was quite enough," stated singer Heather Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the honor. So our victory impacted another person's life."
Last week, the MVT announced it had protected several local spots in that region, by placing them under public stewardship.
The first in that area and the other in that location were acquired under the community ownership scheme, which is backed by a national body and music fans who purchase "shares" in the venues.
