The star has donated the entirety of his £25k honor cash to the trust for venues, which works to protect the United Kingdom's independent music venues.
Fender was presented with the award on 16 October as his latest record People Watching was chosen as the best record of the last 12 months.
He has chosen to give the cash to the trust, in appreciation of the essential function grassroots venues fulfilled in his beginning days.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing this success if it wasn't for all the gigs I did around the region, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," remarked the artist. "These spaces are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – roughly one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, well-known musicians such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by adding a small levy to their ticket prices, which benefits local stages.
Sam Fender also participated, raising more than £100,000 on his live tour to assist numerous small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds supported venues that were dealing with imminent closure due to challenges stemming from floods, blazes and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and noise complaints.
Other venues obtained funding support in modernizing amenities and technical equipment that directly benefitted performers and audiences.
"The concept that money from shows in big venues backs the local stages, where it begins for artists like me, is just common sense," Fender has stated.
Fender is far from the only musician to give his award funds to good deeds.
In Pulp won the award in 1996 for their record the album, lead singer Jarvis Cocker declared that the band would donate their prize money to the charity War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer the artist shared her award among several good causes, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I gave a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they required new equipment," Ms Dynamite told a publication.
Two years ago, the band gave their funds to the youth organization that supported their band, in addition to other local music groups.
Also 1994 winners they donated their award to a MS organization after a close contact was found to have the disease.
"Winning was ample," said vocalist the singer. "The money was the extra but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the honor. So our victory impacted another person's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had rescued a couple of local spots in the South East, by transferring them to local control.
The first in Southampton and the second in that location were purchased under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is funded by the arts council and enthusiasts who acquire "stakes" in the buildings.
