The artist has given the entirety of his £25,000 honor cash to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to preserve the UK's independent music venues.
He was awarded the prize on mid-October as his third album People Watching was named the best record of the last 12 months.
He has chosen to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function small stages fulfilled in his early career.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the performances I did around the region, and beyond, when I was beginning," stated the artist. "These venues are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these locations have shut down – about one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, major artists such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its attempts to help venues survive, by including a small levy to their ticket prices, which benefits local stages.
Sam Fender also joined in, raising more than £100,000 on his live tour to help 38 grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds assisted locations that were facing imminent closure due to difficulties stemming from flooding, blazes and personal losses, as well as permit problems, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces obtained monetary aid in modernizing infrastructure and technical equipment that positively impacted performers and audiences.
"The idea that funds from shows in big venues backs the independent spots, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has stated.
He is far from the only musician to contribute his honor winnings to worthy causes.
Back when Pulp received the prize in the year 1996 for their record Different Class, lead singer Jarvis Cocker announced that the group would donate their cash to the organization War Child.
During 2002, musician Ms Dynamite divided her bounty across multiple charities, like the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also gave a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed new equipment," Ms Dynamite explained to a publication.
Previously, Ezra Collective gave their funds to the local youth club that supported their band, alongside other independent music bodies.
And the 1994 recipients they gave their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was diagnosed the illness.
"The victory was sufficient," said artist the singer. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't require the extra, because we had the main prize. So our winning touched the lives of others."
In the past week, the trust announced it had saved several local spots in south-east England, by bringing them into community ownership.
One venue in that area and the second in that location were purchased under the public acquisition initiative, which is backed by Arts Council England and supporters who acquire "stakes" in the properties.
