The star has handed over the entirety of his £25,000 award cash to the MVT, which functions to save the United Kingdom's grassroots concert spaces.
He was presented with the award on mid-October as his new release his work was named the top album of the past year.
He has chosen to donate the funds to the MVT, in recognition of the essential function local spots fulfilled in his early career.
"I personally would not have achieved my current career if it hadn't been for all the performances I did around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," said Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these venues have permanently closed – approximately one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, well-known musicians like the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its efforts to support the industry, by applying a small levy to their ticket prices, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Fender also joined in, generating over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to help 38 local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds supported spaces that were facing potential shutdown due to challenges stemming from floods, fires and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and noise complaints.
Other venues obtained financial assistance in upgrading facilities and sound and lighting systems that helped musicians and concertgoers.
"The notion that revenue from performances in big venues supports the independent spots, where it begins for artists like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has said.
Fender is among several artists to give his honor prize money to good deeds.
When they won the trophy in the year 1996 for their release Different Class, lead singer Jarvis Cocker announced that the act would contribute their cash to the charity the charity.
In 2002, rapper and singer she split her bounty between multiple charities, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I gave a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they required new equipment," she shared with the media.
Previously, the band contributed their funds to the youth organization that developed their group, alongside other local music groups.
Also winners that year they donated their award to a charity for MS after a friend was identified with the condition.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," said artist Small. "The prize was the extra but we could do without the bonus, because we had the honor. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had rescued two grassroots venues in south-east England, by placing them under community ownership.
The Joiners in the city and the second in that location were purchased under the community ownership program, which is supported by Arts Council England and music fans who buy "shares" in the buildings.
