The artist has handed over the complete sum of his £25k award winnings to the trust for venues, which works to save the United Kingdom's small concert spaces.
He was given the award on 16 October as his third album the album was declared the top album of the previous year.
The musician has decided to hand the money over to the trust, in recognition of the essential function grassroots venues had in his initial steps.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing this success if it weren't for all the performances I did around the North East, and further afield, when I was just getting going," stated Sam Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have shut down – approximately one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, top acts like the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its attempts to help venues survive, by including a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which goes to help independent venues.
Fender also took part, raising over £100k on his recent tour to support thirty-eight grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money supported locations that were dealing with potential shutdown due to difficulties arising from water damage, blazes and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Some locations were granted financial assistance in modernizing infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that helped artists and fans.
"The concept that funds from shows in large arenas supports the independent spots, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just logical," Fender has stated.
He is not the first artist to donate his honor funds to worthy causes.
When the band won the trophy in the year 1996 for their release the album, vocalist Jarvis Cocker stated that the act would give their prize money to the organization the charity.
That year, rapper and singer the artist shared her bounty across a few organizations, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also contributed a grand to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked new equipment," she shared with a publication.
Previously, Ezra Collective donated their prize money to the community center that supported their group, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally winners that year the group donated their winnings to a MS organization after a close contact was identified with the condition.
"Winning was quite enough," remarked vocalist Heather Small. "The money was the bonus but we didn't require the extra, because we had the main prize. So our victory impacted the lives of others."
Recently, the trust revealed it had protected several grassroots venues in the South East, by transferring them to local control.
The first in that area and The Croft in the city were acquired under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is supported by the arts council and supporters who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.
