The star has given the entirety of his £25,000 honor cash to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to protect the UK's independent live music spots.
The star was given the prize on 16 October as his latest record People Watching was declared the best record of the last 12 months.
Fender has decided to give the cash to the MVT, in recognition of the crucial part small stages fulfilled in his beginning days.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing this success if it weren't for all the shows I did around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," remarked the artist. "These spaces are iconic, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these locations have ceased operations – about one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Recently, major artists including Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the trust in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by including a small levy to their admission fees, which benefits independent venues.
Sam Fender also participated, raising over £100k on his recent tour to help thirty-eight small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation supported spaces that were facing imminent closure due to issues arising from water damage, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and sound issues.
Some locations received monetary aid in modernizing infrastructure and technical equipment that directly benefitted artists and audiences.
"The idea that revenue from concerts in major spaces backs the local stages, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just common sense," the star has stated.
Fender is among several artists to give his award winnings to worthy causes.
Back when Pulp received the prize in the year 1996 for their release Different Class, lead singer the singer announced that the act would donate their winnings to the non-profit the charity.
In 2002, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite split her prize across multiple organizations, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I donated a grand to my local community centre, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they required better apparatus," Ms Dynamite told the media.
In recent years, they contributed their winnings to the local youth club that nurtured their group, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally winners that year they donated their prize to a charity for MS after a friend was diagnosed the illness.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," stated singer Small. "The prize was the bonus but we could do without the bonus, because we had the honor. So our winning touched somebody else's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust announced it had protected several grassroots venues in that region, by placing them under local control.
The first in that area and the other in that location were acquired under the public acquisition scheme, which is backed by the arts council and music fans who buy "stakes" in the venues.
