The star has donated the complete sum of his £25k honor cash to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to preserve the UK's grassroots concert spaces.
The star was given the award on 16 October as his new release his work was declared the best record of the past year.
Fender has opted to donate the funds to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the crucial part small stages had in his initial steps.
"As an artist would not have achieved my current career if it wasn't for all the performances I performed around the area, and beyond, when I was starting out," stated Sam Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these venues have permanently closed – approximately one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, major artists including Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by adding a modest fee to their ticket prices, which goes to help local stages.
Sam Fender also participated, collecting more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support numerous small stages across the UK.
These funds supported locations that were facing imminent closure due to challenges arising from floods, fires and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and neighbor objections.
Other venues obtained financial assistance in improving infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that helped performers and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from performances in major spaces backs the local stages, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just common sense," the star has stated.
Fender is far from the only musician to give his honor prize money to worthy causes.
Back when the band received the prize in the mid-90s for their release their work, vocalist the singer announced that the band would contribute their prize money to the organization War Child.
That year, musician Ms Dynamite split her prize between multiple charities, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I donated a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they needed new equipment," Ms Dynamite explained to outlets.
Two years ago, they donated their funds to the local youth club that developed their band, alongside other independent music bodies.
And 1994 winners they gave their winnings to a charity for MS after a friend was found to have the condition.
"Winning was sufficient," stated vocalist Small. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't need the extra, because we had the cake. So our winning touched somebody else's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had rescued two local spots in the South East, by placing them under public stewardship.
The Joiners in the city and the other in Bristol were bought under the community ownership initiative, which is funded by the arts council and enthusiasts who acquire "stakes" in the properties.
