The artist has given the entirety of his £25,000 award cash to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to save the Britain's grassroots music venues.
He was given the award on October 16 as his new release the album was declared the outstanding release of the previous year.
Fender has chosen to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part small stages played in his initial steps.
"I would not have achieved my current career if it weren't for all the shows I performed around the region, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," stated Sam Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these venues have permanently closed – approximately one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, major artists such as Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by including a small levy to their ticket costs, which goes to help local stages.
Sam Fender also took part, collecting more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to assist numerous grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation helped venues that were facing imminent closure due to issues arising from water damage, blazes and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, conflicts and sound issues.
Additional spaces were granted financial assistance in improving amenities and technical equipment that directly benefitted musicians and audiences.
"The idea that funds from shows in large arenas backs the smaller venues, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just sensible," the star has said.
The musician is far from the only musician to donate his honor funds to worthy causes.
Back when the band won the prize in the mid-90s for their record Different Class, lead singer the singer announced that the group would donate their winnings to the organization War Child.
That year, musician she split her prize across several charities, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also donated a thousand pounds to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed new equipment," Ms Dynamite explained to outlets.
In recent years, the band donated their funds to the community center that supported their group, alongside other independent music bodies.
And 1994 winners they contributed their prize to a MS organization after a friend was identified with the illness.
"The victory was sufficient," remarked vocalist Heather Small. "The money was the extra but we could do without the extra, because we had the honor. So our winning affected another person's life."
Recently, the MVT revealed it had saved two local spots in south-east England, by placing them under local control.
The first in the city and the second in that location were bought under the public acquisition program, which is funded by the arts council and music fans who purchase "stakes" in the venues.
