The artist has given the full amount of his £25k award cash to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to protect the Britain's independent music venues.
He was presented with the prize on 16 October as his third album the album was named the top album of the past year.
Fender has chosen to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the vital role grassroots venues had in his initial steps.
"I would not have achieved what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the performances I did around the region, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," stated Sam Fender. "These venues are renowned, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these locations have shut down – approximately one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, well-known musicians like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its initiatives to help venues survive, by including a small levy to their admission fees, which supports independent venues.
Sam Fender also joined in, raising in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to help thirty-eight grassroots venues across Britain.
The money helped locations that were facing imminent closure due to challenges caused by water damage, blazes and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and sound issues.
Additional spaces received monetary aid in improving facilities and gear that directly benefitted performers and fans.
"The idea that funds from performances in major spaces backs the smaller venues, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just logical," the star has stated.
Fender is not the first artist to donate his award winnings to worthy causes.
In they received the prize in 1996 for their release Different Class, vocalist Cocker stated that the band would give their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, musician the artist divided her award between multiple organizations, such as the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also donated a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they needed new equipment," she shared with a publication.
In recent years, Ezra Collective contributed their winnings to the local youth club that supported their act, as well as other independent music bodies.
Also 1994 winners M People donated their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was diagnosed the condition.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," said artist the singer. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our victory impacted somebody else's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had saved several grassroots venues in south-east England, by transferring them to community ownership.
The Joiners in that area and The Croft in Bristol were acquired under the community ownership scheme, which is funded by Arts Council England and music fans who purchase "shares" in the venues.
