The artist has donated the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound award cash to the MVT, which functions to save the United Kingdom's independent concert spaces.
He was given the prize on 16 October as his latest record People Watching was named the best record of the past year.
He has chosen to donate the funds to the trust, in recognition of the vital role grassroots venues played in his initial steps.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing my current career if it wasn't for all the performances I did around the area, and beyond, when I was starting out," stated Sam Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these venues have permanently closed – approximately 16% of the total UK scene.
Recently, major artists such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its initiatives to support the industry, by applying a small levy to their admission fees, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Fender also joined in, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to assist thirty-eight local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds assisted locations that were confronting possible closure due to difficulties arising from water damage, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Some locations were granted funding support in modernizing infrastructure and technical equipment that positively impacted artists and audiences.
"The idea that funds from shows in big venues supports the independent spots, where it all starts for performers like me, is just sensible," Fender has commented.
Fender is far from the only musician to donate his award winnings to charitable organizations.
In they received the prize in the year 1996 for their release Different Class, frontman the singer announced that the group would donate their winnings to the charity War Child.
During 2002, artist she divided her award across a few charities, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I gave a grand to my local community centre, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they required new equipment," Ms Dynamite shared with a publication.
In recent years, Ezra Collective contributed their funds to the local youth club that developed their group, as well as other local music groups.
Also winners that year M People donated their award to a MS organization after a close contact was identified with the illness.
"The victory was ample," said artist Small. "The money was the extra but we could do without the cherry, because we had the cake. So our winning affected the lives of others."
In the past week, the trust shared it had protected two grassroots venues in south-east England, by transferring them to community ownership.
The Joiners in Southampton and the other in that location were purchased under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is backed by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who buy "shares" in the venues.
