The star has handed over the full amount of his £25,000 award prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to preserve the UK's small music venues.
Fender was given the prize on October 16 as his new release People Watching was named the top album of the previous year.
The musician has chosen to donate the funds to the trust, in recognition of the vital role local spots played in his early career.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing this success if it weren't for all the shows I performed around the area, and further afield, when I was just getting going," said the artist. "These spaces are renowned, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have shut down – about 16 percent of the total UK scene.
In the last year, well-known musicians such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its efforts to support the industry, by adding a modest fee to their admission fees, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also participated, generating over £100k on his live tour to support numerous local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation supported locations that were confronting imminent closure due to issues arising from flooding, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, court cases and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces obtained financial assistance in improving amenities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted performers and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from performances in major spaces supports the smaller venues, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just logical," the star has said.
Fender is not the first artist to contribute his award winnings to good deeds.
Back when the band earned the prize in the mid-90s for their record Different Class, lead singer the singer announced that the act would give their winnings to the non-profit the charity.
In 2002, musician the artist divided her prize across several charities, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I donated a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they required better apparatus," she shared with a publication.
Two years ago, the band gave their prize money to the community center that developed their group, as well as other local music groups.
And the 1994 recipients M People donated their prize to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was diagnosed the illness.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," stated artist Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we could do without the cherry, because we had the cake. So our success affected another person's life."
Recently, the trust announced it had rescued two local spots in the South East, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The first in the city and the second in Bristol were bought under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is supported by the arts council and supporters who acquire "ownership units" in the properties.
