The artist has given the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound honor cash to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to protect the UK's independent music venues.
Fender was given the prize on October 16 as his third album People Watching was declared the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
Fender has chosen to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the crucial part grassroots venues fulfilled in his initial steps.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing my current career if it hadn't been for all the gigs I did around the North East, and beyond, when I was starting out," stated Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these locations have ceased operations – roughly 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, major artists such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its attempts to help venues survive, by applying a small levy to their ticket prices, which supports independent venues.
Sam Fender also took part, raising over £100k on his recent tour to help thirty-eight local spots across Britain.
The donation helped locations that were dealing with imminent closure due to issues arising from water damage, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as permit problems, court cases and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces received financial assistance in upgrading facilities and gear that helped musicians and fans.
"The concept that funds from performances in big venues helps the independent spots, where it begins for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has said.
The musician is far from the only musician to contribute his honor prize money to charitable organizations.
In they received the trophy in 1996 for their release Different Class, frontman the singer announced that the band would donate their winnings to the organization War Child.
That year, musician the artist divided her bounty across multiple organizations, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I gave a thousand pounds to the center, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked better apparatus," the artist explained to the media.
Previously, Ezra Collective donated their funds to the local youth club that supported their group, as well as other independent music bodies.
Additionally winners that year they contributed their prize to a charity for MS after a close contact was identified with the illness.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," remarked singer Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't require the extra, because we had the cake. So our success affected somebody else's life."
Recently, the MVT announced it had protected several small stages in the South East, by bringing them into public stewardship.
One venue in that area and The Croft in that location were acquired under the public acquisition initiative, which is funded by a national body and music fans who acquire "ownership units" in the venues.
