The artist has donated the full amount of his £25k award cash to the trust for venues, which operates to protect the UK's grassroots live music spots.
Fender was presented with the prize on 16 October as his new release People Watching was chosen as the top album of the past year.
The musician has opted to donate the funds to the trust, in appreciation of the crucial part small stages had in his beginning days.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing my current career if it weren't for all the shows I played around the area, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," remarked Sam Fender. "These venues are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these spaces have shut down – approximately 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, top acts including the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by including a modest fee to their ticket prices, which supports local stages.
He also took part, generating more than £100,000 on his live tour to assist thirty-eight grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation supported venues that were dealing with imminent closure due to challenges arising from floods, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, court cases and neighbor objections.
Other venues received funding support in upgrading amenities and sound and lighting systems that helped performers and fans.
"The idea that money from shows in large arenas backs the smaller venues, where it begins for performers like me, is just sensible," the star has stated.
He is far from the only musician to give his award funds to good deeds.
Back when the band earned the trophy in the mid-90s for their album Different Class, frontman Jarvis Cocker declared that the band would contribute their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, artist she divided her prize across a few good causes, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also contributed a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked better apparatus," Ms Dynamite shared with the media.
In recent years, the band donated their funds to the local youth club that supported their band, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Additionally 1994 winners M People gave their award to a MS organization after a acquaintance was found to have the condition.
"Winning was sufficient," said artist Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the honor. So our success touched somebody else's life."
Last week, the trust shared it had protected a couple of grassroots venues in south-east England, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The first in Southampton and The Croft in the city were bought under the public acquisition initiative, which is supported by the arts council and supporters who acquire "stakes" in the buildings.
