The star has donated the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound honor prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which works to protect the Britain's grassroots music venues.
The star was given the prize on 16 October as his new release the album was chosen as the top album of the previous year.
He has decided to hand the money over to the trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role small stages played in his beginning days.
"I personally wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the gigs I did around the region, and beyond, when I was just getting going," said Sam Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these venues have permanently closed – about 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, major artists like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the trust in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a modest fee to their ticket prices, which benefits smaller concert halls.
He also joined in, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to help 38 local spots across the UK.
The money helped venues that were dealing with possible closure due to issues caused by flooding, fires and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, court cases and noise complaints.
Other venues obtained financial assistance in upgrading facilities and technical equipment that directly benefitted musicians and audiences.
"The idea that funds from performances in big venues backs the smaller venues, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just common sense," Fender has commented.
Fender is far from the only musician to contribute his honor prize money to good deeds.
In the band received the prize in the year 1996 for their record their work, lead singer Cocker declared that the act would donate their prize money to the charity War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer she shared her bounty across a few organizations, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also gave a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked new equipment," Ms Dynamite shared with outlets.
Previously, Ezra Collective gave their winnings to the local youth club that nurtured their act, as well as other local music groups.
Additionally 1994 winners the group contributed their winnings to a MS organization after a acquaintance was diagnosed the illness.
"The victory was sufficient," remarked singer Heather Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we could do without the cherry, because we had the honor. So our victory impacted the lives of others."
Recently, the MVT revealed it had protected a couple of grassroots venues in the South East, by bringing them into local control.
The Joiners in that area and the second in Bristol were purchased under the Own Our Venues program, which is backed by the arts council and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the properties.
