The star has handed over the complete sum of his £25k honor prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which works to save the UK's small live music spots.
He was awarded the cheque on mid-October as his new release the album was declared the top album of the past year.
The musician has chosen to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the vital role grassroots venues fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I couldn't be pursuing this success if it hadn't been for all the gigs I performed around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," said Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these locations have ceased operations – approximately 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, major artists like Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the trust in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
He also participated, generating more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to assist numerous local spots across Britain.
The donation supported spaces that were facing imminent closure due to issues arising from floods, blazes and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces received financial assistance in improving infrastructure and gear that directly benefitted musicians and audiences.
"The concept that money from concerts in major spaces supports the smaller venues, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has stated.
Fender is not the first artist to give his award prize money to good deeds.
In Pulp won the award in the year 1996 for their record Different Class, frontman Jarvis Cocker stated that the group would give their prize money to the charity War Child.
That year, rapper and singer she split her bounty between a few organizations, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I gave a thousand pounds to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they required updated gear," the artist told a publication.
In recent years, the band gave their winnings to the local youth club that nurtured their group, in addition to other local music groups.
Also 1994 winners M People donated their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was identified with the condition.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," stated singer the singer. "The money was the cherry on top but we could do without the extra, because we had the honor. So our winning affected somebody else's life."
In the past week, the trust announced it had saved a couple of local spots in south-east England, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The Joiners in that area and the other in the city were acquired under the public acquisition scheme, which is funded by the arts council and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.
