The artist has handed over the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound award winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to save the UK's grassroots live music spots.
Fender was given the cheque on mid-October as his new release his work was declared the outstanding release of the past year.
The musician has chosen to donate the funds to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the vital role grassroots venues had in his early career.
"I personally would not have achieved my current career if it hadn't been for all the shows I played around the North East, and beyond, when I was beginning," stated Sam Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these locations have shut down – roughly one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, major artists like the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which goes to help local stages.
He also took part, collecting more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to assist numerous grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money assisted venues that were facing potential shutdown due to challenges arising from water damage, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Additional spaces received funding support in upgrading infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted artists and audiences.
"The concept that revenue from concerts in major spaces supports the local stages, where it begins for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has stated.
He is far from the only musician to contribute his honor prize money to good deeds.
When Pulp won the prize in 1996 for their release the album, frontman Cocker stated that the group would give their prize money to the organization War Child.
In 2002, artist the artist split her bounty between a few organizations, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I gave a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they needed better apparatus," the artist told a publication.
In recent years, the band donated their funds to the youth organization that nurtured their band, as well as other local music groups.
Additionally winners that year the group donated their winnings to a charity for MS after a friend was identified with the condition.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," stated vocalist Heather Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we could do without the bonus, because we had the honor. So our success affected somebody else's life."
In the past week, the trust announced it had rescued a couple of local spots in south-east England, by transferring them to community ownership.
The first in Southampton and The Croft in Bristol were acquired under the community ownership program, which is funded by Arts Council England and supporters who buy "shares" in the properties.
