The star has handed over the complete sum of his £25k award cash to the trust for venues, which operates to preserve the United Kingdom's grassroots concert spaces.
Fender was awarded the cheque on mid-October as his new release People Watching was chosen as the outstanding release of the previous year.
He has opted to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function small stages had in his beginning days.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing my current career if it wasn't for all the gigs I performed around the North East, and further afield, when I was just getting going," remarked Sam Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these venues have permanently closed – roughly 16 percent of the total UK scene.
Recently, major artists like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by adding a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also joined in, collecting more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to help thirty-eight grassroots venues across Britain.
These funds helped spaces that were dealing with imminent closure due to challenges caused by water damage, blazes and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, court cases and neighbor objections.
Some locations obtained funding support in modernizing infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted artists and fans.
"The notion that money from performances in large arenas backs the local stages, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has said.
The musician is far from the only musician to give his honor funds to charitable organizations.
Back when the band earned the trophy in the year 1996 for their release Different Class, frontman the singer stated that the act would contribute their cash to the non-profit War Child.
In 2002, artist the artist shared her prize among several organizations, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I donated a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they needed new equipment," the artist explained to a publication.
Previously, they donated their winnings to the local youth club that nurtured their group, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
And winners that year the group donated their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was found to have the illness.
"Winning was quite enough," stated singer Heather Small. "The cash was the bonus but we could do without the bonus, because we had the cake. So our success affected somebody else's life."
Last week, the trust revealed it had saved two local spots in the South East, by placing them under community ownership.
One venue in the city and the other in Bristol were bought under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is backed by a national body and music fans who acquire "ownership units" in the venues.
