The artist has given the full amount of his £25k honor prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which works to preserve the United Kingdom's grassroots live music spots.
He was given the award on 16 October as his third album People Watching was chosen as the outstanding release of the past year.
Fender has opted to hand the money over to the MVT, in recognition of the crucial part grassroots venues played in his beginning days.
"I personally would not have achieved this success if it hadn't been for all the performances I played around the North East, and further afield, when I was starting out," said Sam Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have ceased operations – roughly 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, top acts such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which supports local stages.
He also joined in, raising in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support 38 small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money supported locations that were confronting imminent closure due to difficulties stemming from floods, blazes and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, court cases and sound issues.
Some locations were granted funding support in improving facilities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted performers and fans.
"The idea that money from shows in big venues supports the local stages, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just logical," the star has stated.
He is far from the only musician to contribute his award winnings to charitable organizations.
Back when they won the prize in 1996 for their record Different Class, lead singer Cocker stated that the group would donate their winnings to the charity the charity.
During 2002, artist the artist divided her award between multiple good causes, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I donated a grand to my local community centre, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they required new equipment," Ms Dynamite told a publication.
In recent years, they donated their funds to the local youth club that supported their band, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
And winners that year the group donated their award to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was diagnosed the illness.
"Winning was quite enough," stated artist Heather Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the honor. So our success affected the lives of others."
In the past week, the trust shared it had saved two local spots in that region, by placing them under community ownership.
The first in Southampton and the second in Bristol were purchased under the public acquisition program, which is funded by a national body and supporters who acquire "stakes" in the buildings.
