The artist has handed over the complete sum of his £25,000 award prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which works to protect the United Kingdom's small live music spots.
Fender was given the cheque on 16 October as his new release his work was declared the best record of the previous year.
He has chosen to give the cash to the trust, in recognition of the crucial part grassroots venues fulfilled in his early career.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing this success if it hadn't been for all the gigs I performed around the region, and beyond, when I was beginning," said Sam Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these locations have permanently closed – approximately 16% of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, well-known musicians including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which goes to help local stages.
Sam Fender also took part, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to assist numerous small stages across Britain.
The money helped locations that were dealing with imminent closure due to challenges caused by floods, fires and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, court cases and neighbor objections.
Other venues obtained funding support in modernizing facilities and technical equipment that directly benefitted musicians and fans.
"The idea that funds from performances in big venues supports the local stages, where it all starts for performers like me, is just logical," the star has commented.
Fender is far from the only musician to donate his award funds to good deeds.
In Pulp received the award in 1996 for their record Different Class, lead singer Jarvis Cocker declared that the group would donate their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite split her bounty among a few charities, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I contributed a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they needed better apparatus," the artist explained to the media.
Two years ago, the band donated their funds to the local youth club that developed their act, as well as other independent music bodies.
Additionally winners that year M People gave their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was found to have the disease.
"The victory was ample," stated singer Small. "The money was the extra but we could do without the bonus, because we had the honor. So our winning touched somebody else's life."
In the past week, the MVT shared it had protected a couple of grassroots venues in that region, by transferring them to local control.
One venue in that area and the second in that location were bought under the community ownership scheme, which is supported by Arts Council England and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the buildings.
