The star has given the entirety of his £25k award winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which works to preserve the UK's independent live music spots.
He was awarded the award on 16 October as his third album his work was named the top album of the last 12 months.
The musician has decided to donate the funds to the trust, in appreciation of the essential function small stages had in his early career.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the gigs I played around the area, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," remarked Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these spaces have shut down – approximately 16% of the total UK scene.
In the last year, top acts such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by applying a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Fender also participated, raising more than £100,000 on his recent tour to assist 38 local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation assisted venues that were facing possible closure due to difficulties stemming from flooding, blazes and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Other venues obtained funding support in improving amenities and technical equipment that directly benefitted artists and audiences.
"The concept that revenue from concerts in large arenas backs the independent spots, where it begins for performers like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has stated.
The musician is not the first artist to contribute his award funds to good deeds.
In they earned the prize in 1996 for their album the album, frontman Jarvis Cocker declared that the group would contribute their winnings to the non-profit the charity.
In 2002, artist she divided her bounty among a few good causes, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I donated a thousand pounds to the center, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed better apparatus," Ms Dynamite told a publication.
In recent years, Ezra Collective gave their prize money to the community center that supported their group, alongside other local music groups.
Also the 1994 recipients they donated their award to a MS organization after a close contact was identified with the disease.
"Receiving the award was ample," stated singer Heather Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't need the extra, because we had the cake. So our success touched the lives of others."
Recently, the MVT announced it had rescued two local spots in that region, by placing them under community ownership.
The Joiners in Southampton and the second in Bristol were acquired under the public acquisition program, which is backed by the arts council and supporters who purchase "shares" in the venues.
