The star has donated the complete sum of his £25k honor cash to the MVT, which functions to save the United Kingdom's grassroots concert spaces.
He was presented with the prize on 16 October as his third album People Watching was declared the outstanding release of the previous year.
Fender has chosen to give the cash to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the essential function small stages played in his early career.
"I would not have achieved my current career if it wasn't for all the performances I performed around the region, and beyond, when I was just getting going," said the artist. "These spaces are iconic, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these venues have permanently closed – about 16% of the total UK scene.
In the last year, top acts such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by including a small levy to their ticket costs, which goes to help local stages.
Sam Fender also took part, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to assist thirty-eight local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money helped locations that were facing imminent closure due to difficulties arising from flooding, blazes and bereavements, as well as permit problems, conflicts and sound issues.
Some locations obtained funding support in improving infrastructure and technical equipment that positively impacted musicians and concertgoers.
"The concept that revenue from shows in major spaces supports the smaller venues, where it begins for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has stated.
Fender is not the first artist to donate his award prize money to charitable organizations.
When the band earned the trophy in 1996 for their album the album, frontman Jarvis Cocker declared that the band would donate their cash to the non-profit War Child.
That year, artist the artist shared her prize across several charities, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I donated a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed better apparatus," the artist shared with outlets.
Previously, they gave their prize money to the youth organization that supported their band, alongside other local music groups.
Also 1994 winners M People donated their winnings to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was diagnosed the illness.
"Receiving the award was ample," remarked artist the singer. "The money was the bonus but we could do without the cherry, because we had the honor. So our winning touched somebody else's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had rescued two local spots in the South East, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The first in that area and the other in the city were bought under the public acquisition initiative, which is backed by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who purchase "ownership units" in the properties.
