The artist has given the entirety of his £25k award cash to the Music Venues Trust, which works to protect the UK's small live music spots.
Fender was presented with the award on 16 October as his third album the album was chosen as the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
He has decided to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part grassroots venues played in his initial steps.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the gigs I performed around the North East, and beyond, when I was beginning," stated Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these venues have ceased operations – approximately one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, well-known musicians like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by including a modest fee to their ticket prices, which goes to help local stages.
He also participated, generating in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to support numerous local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money supported locations that were dealing with imminent closure due to difficulties stemming from floods, fires and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, court cases and neighbor objections.
Some locations were granted monetary aid in upgrading facilities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted artists and concertgoers.
"The idea that funds from concerts in large arenas helps the independent spots, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is far from the only musician to give his award winnings to worthy causes.
In they won the prize in 1996 for their release Different Class, lead singer Jarvis Cocker announced that the act would contribute their cash to the non-profit War Child.
That year, musician Ms Dynamite shared her prize among a few organizations, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also gave a thousand pounds to the center, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed better apparatus," she shared with a publication.
In recent years, the band donated their winnings to the local youth club that developed their act, alongside other local music groups.
And 1994 winners the group contributed their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was identified with the illness.
"The victory was ample," said artist Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't need the extra, because we had the cake. So our success touched somebody else's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had rescued several local spots in south-east England, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The Joiners in the city and the other in Bristol were acquired under the public acquisition scheme, which is supported by a national body and supporters who purchase "ownership units" in the venues.
