The artist has given the complete sum of his £25,000 honor winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which works to protect the Britain's grassroots music venues.
The star was presented with the cheque on mid-October as his third album the album was chosen as the best record of the past year.
He has opted to hand the money over to the MVT, in appreciation of the vital role grassroots venues played in his early career.
"I personally wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the performances I played around the region, and beyond, when I was just getting going," said Sam Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these spaces have shut down – approximately 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, major artists including the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by including a small levy to their admission fees, which supports smaller concert halls.
He also participated, raising in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support numerous small stages across Britain.
The donation helped spaces that were confronting possible closure due to issues caused by water damage, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as permit problems, court cases and sound issues.
Additional spaces were granted financial assistance in upgrading amenities and gear that directly benefitted performers and audiences.
"The notion that revenue from shows in big venues helps the local stages, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just common sense," the star has said.
The musician is among several artists to contribute his honor prize money to charitable organizations.
Back when Pulp earned the prize in 1996 for their album Different Class, frontman Jarvis Cocker declared that the group would give their cash to the charity War Child.
That year, musician the artist shared her prize between a few good causes, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I contributed a grand to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked better apparatus," the artist explained to the media.
In recent years, they gave their prize money to the youth organization that supported their act, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally 1994 winners M People donated their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was found to have the condition.
"Receiving the award was ample," stated singer Heather Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we could do without the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our success touched the lives of others."
In the past week, the MVT shared it had saved two small stages in south-east England, by bringing them into local control.
The first in that area and The Croft in Bristol were purchased under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is supported by the arts council and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the properties.
