The artist has handed over the full amount of his £25k honor prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to protect the Britain's independent live music spots.
He was awarded the prize on 16 October as his new release his work was declared the best record of the past year.
The musician has chosen to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function local spots fulfilled in his beginning days.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing my current career if it weren't for all the gigs I played around the North East, and beyond, when I was beginning," said Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have shut down – approximately 16 percent of the total UK scene.
Recently, top acts like Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by adding a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which supports local stages.
Fender also joined in, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to help thirty-eight small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money helped locations that were dealing with potential shutdown due to issues caused by water damage, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Additional spaces were granted funding support in upgrading facilities and gear that positively impacted artists and concertgoers.
"The idea that revenue from concerts in large arenas helps the local stages, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has commented.
He is far from the only musician to contribute his award winnings to charitable organizations.
In Pulp earned the trophy in 1996 for their release the album, frontman Jarvis Cocker stated that the group would give their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, musician she divided her prize between several charities, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I gave a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked new equipment," she shared with outlets.
Previously, Ezra Collective donated their funds to the community center that nurtured their act, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
And 1994 winners M People donated their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was identified with the illness.
"The victory was quite enough," said vocalist Heather Small. "The prize was the extra but we didn't require the extra, because we had the honor. So our victory touched another person's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had protected several small stages in that region, by bringing them into community ownership.
The first in the city and the second in that location were acquired under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is supported by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.
