The artist has given the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound honor winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which works to preserve the United Kingdom's independent concert spaces.
He was awarded the award on 16 October as his latest record the album was declared the outstanding release of the previous year.
He has decided to donate the funds to the trust, in recognition of the crucial part small stages fulfilled in his early career.
"I couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the performances I did around the region, and further afield, when I was just getting going," said Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these locations have permanently closed – roughly 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Recently, major artists such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by including a small levy to their ticket costs, which supports independent venues.
Fender also participated, raising over £100k on his live tour to help numerous grassroots venues across Britain.
These funds assisted venues that were dealing with potential shutdown due to issues arising from floods, fires and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, conflicts and noise complaints.
Other venues obtained financial assistance in improving amenities and technical equipment that positively impacted performers and concertgoers.
"The idea that revenue from performances in large arenas helps the smaller venues, where it begins for musicians like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has said.
Fender is not the first artist to give his honor funds to good deeds.
Back when Pulp won the award in the mid-90s for their record Different Class, vocalist Cocker declared that the group would donate their prize money to the organization War Child.
In 2002, artist she divided her bounty among several charities, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also donated a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked new equipment," she explained to a publication.
Previously, Ezra Collective contributed their funds to the youth organization that developed their band, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Also 1994 winners M People gave their winnings to a charity for MS after a close contact was identified with the illness.
"Winning was sufficient," remarked vocalist the singer. "The cash was the bonus but we could do without the extra, because we had the honor. So our victory impacted somebody else's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had protected two small stages in south-east England, by placing them under public stewardship.
The Joiners in the city and The Croft in the city were bought under the public acquisition initiative, which is backed by a national body and enthusiasts who buy "stakes" in the buildings.
