The star has handed over the full amount of his £25k award cash to the Music Venues Trust, which works to preserve the United Kingdom's grassroots music venues.
He was presented with the cheque on October 16 as his latest record People Watching was chosen as the best record of the previous year.
Fender has opted to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function small stages had in his early career.
"I couldn't be pursuing this success if it weren't for all the performances I played around the area, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," stated Sam Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these venues have permanently closed – approximately 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, major artists like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by applying a small levy to their ticket prices, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also participated, raising more than £100,000 on his recent tour to support 38 local spots across Britain.
These funds assisted locations that were confronting imminent closure due to issues stemming from flooding, blazes and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and noise complaints.
Some locations received financial assistance in upgrading infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that helped musicians and fans.
"The idea that revenue from performances in large arenas backs the smaller venues, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just sensible," Fender has said.
The musician is among several artists to give his honor funds to good deeds.
In Pulp earned the trophy in the year 1996 for their album their work, lead singer the singer announced that the band would give their winnings to the non-profit the charity.
That year, rapper and singer the artist shared her prize among several charities, including the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also contributed a grand to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they needed better apparatus," she explained to a publication.
In recent years, the band donated their prize money to the youth organization that nurtured their act, alongside other local music groups.
Also winners that year they gave their prize to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was diagnosed the disease.
"Receiving the award was ample," remarked artist Heather Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the honor. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had saved a couple of grassroots venues in the South East, by placing them under community ownership.
The first in Southampton and The Croft in Bristol were bought under the public acquisition scheme, which is supported by a national body and enthusiasts who acquire "ownership units" in the properties.
