The star has handed over the complete sum of his £25,000 honor prize money to the trust for venues, which operates to protect the UK's grassroots music venues.
He was presented with the award on mid-October as his new release the album was chosen as the best record of the previous year.
The musician has opted to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the vital role local spots played in his early career.
"I would not have achieved what I am doing today if it weren't for all the gigs I played around the area, and beyond, when I was just getting going," said Sam Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these venues have shut down – approximately one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, major artists like Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its attempts to help venues survive, by adding a modest fee to their admission fees, which supports independent venues.
He also participated, collecting over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to support 38 local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds supported locations that were dealing with potential shutdown due to issues stemming from flooding, blazes and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and sound issues.
Other venues obtained monetary aid in upgrading facilities and gear that directly benefitted musicians and concertgoers.
"The idea that funds from concerts in big venues supports the smaller venues, where it begins for musicians like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has stated.
The musician is far from the only musician to donate his honor winnings to worthy causes.
When they received the award in 1996 for their record the album, vocalist the singer stated that the act would contribute their winnings to the charity War Child.
In 2002, artist she shared her prize among several charities, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I donated a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they required better apparatus," Ms Dynamite shared with a publication.
Previously, they donated their prize money to the youth organization that nurtured their group, in addition to other local music groups.
Additionally winners that year M People gave their prize to a MS organization after a acquaintance was found to have the illness.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," stated artist the singer. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the cake. So our victory affected somebody else's life."
Recently, the trust shared it had rescued a couple of small stages in south-east England, by placing them under community ownership.
The first in the city and the second in that location were purchased under the Own Our Venues program, which is backed by a national body and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the buildings.
