The artist has handed over the entirety of his £25,000 honor prize money to the trust for venues, which operates to preserve the Britain's independent music venues.
Fender was presented with the prize on 16 October as his latest record People Watching was chosen as the best record of the previous year.
Fender has decided to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the essential function small stages had in his early career.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing my current career if it weren't for all the gigs I did around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," remarked Sam Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these spaces have shut down – about 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, major artists including the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a small levy to their ticket prices, which supports smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also took part, raising in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to assist numerous grassroots venues across the UK.
The donation assisted venues that were confronting imminent closure due to difficulties caused by floods, blazes and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, court cases and neighbor objections.
Some locations were granted financial assistance in modernizing amenities and technical equipment that helped performers and concertgoers.
"The notion that funds from performances in large arenas supports the smaller venues, where it begins for performers like me, is just common sense," the star has stated.
Fender is not the first artist to give his honor winnings to good deeds.
In the band earned the trophy in the mid-90s for their record Different Class, lead singer Jarvis Cocker announced that the band would contribute their winnings to the non-profit the charity.
In 2002, musician she divided her prize between multiple charities, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I gave a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they required updated gear," the artist explained to a publication.
Previously, they gave their prize money to the local youth club that nurtured their band, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally the 1994 recipients the group donated their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was diagnosed the disease.
"The victory was ample," stated vocalist Small. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our victory impacted another person's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust shared it had protected a couple of grassroots venues in the South East, by transferring them to public stewardship.
One venue in the city and The Croft in Bristol were acquired under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is supported by the arts council and supporters who buy "shares" in the venues.
