The artist has donated the entirety of his £25k honor winnings to the MVT, which operates to preserve the UK's small live music spots.
The star was given the cheque on mid-October as his third album the album was declared the best record of the previous year.
The musician has opted to donate the funds to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the vital role small stages played in his beginning days.
"I would not have achieved my current career if it wasn't for all the performances I did around the area, and further afield, when I was starting out," remarked Sam Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these venues have shut down – roughly 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, top acts such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by adding a small levy to their admission fees, which supports local stages.
Fender also took part, generating over £100k on his live tour to help thirty-eight local spots across Britain.
These funds supported locations that were dealing with imminent closure due to challenges caused by floods, blazes and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, court cases and neighbor objections.
Some locations were granted funding support in improving facilities and technical equipment that directly benefitted performers and concertgoers.
"The notion that revenue from performances in large arenas helps the smaller venues, where it all starts for performers like me, is just logical," Fender has commented.
He is far from the only musician to contribute his award prize money to charitable organizations.
In the band received the award in the mid-90s for their release the album, vocalist Jarvis Cocker declared that the act would give their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, musician the artist split her bounty across multiple organizations, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I gave a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they required new equipment," Ms Dynamite explained to outlets.
Two years ago, the band gave their winnings to the community center that nurtured their band, alongside other independent music bodies.
And winners that year M People contributed their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was diagnosed the disease.
"Winning was quite enough," remarked singer Heather Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we could do without the extra, because we had the main prize. So our winning impacted somebody else's life."
Recently, the trust shared it had protected several small stages in south-east England, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The first in Southampton and the other in the city were purchased under the public acquisition scheme, which is funded by a national body and enthusiasts who acquire "ownership units" in the buildings.
