The artist has given the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound honor cash to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to protect the Britain's small concert spaces.
Fender was presented with the prize on October 16 as his third album the album was declared the top album of the previous year.
The musician has decided to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role small stages played in his initial steps.
"I would not have achieved what I am doing today if it weren't for all the performances I performed around the area, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," said Sam Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these venues have ceased operations – about 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, top acts such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its efforts to help venues survive, by applying a modest fee to their ticket costs, which goes to help local stages.
Sam Fender also took part, collecting more than £100,000 on his recent tour to help thirty-eight small stages across the UK.
These funds supported locations that were dealing with imminent closure due to difficulties stemming from flooding, fires and bereavements, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Some locations obtained financial assistance in modernizing facilities and sound and lighting systems that helped musicians and audiences.
"The idea that revenue from performances in big venues supports the smaller venues, where it begins for musicians like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has commented.
He is not the first artist to donate his award prize money to worthy causes.
Back when they won the trophy in the mid-90s for their release the album, vocalist Jarvis Cocker announced that the band would give their prize money to the charity War Child.
That year, musician the artist divided her prize between several charities, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also contributed a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked better apparatus," Ms Dynamite told a publication.
In recent years, Ezra Collective contributed their winnings to the community center that developed their band, alongside other local music groups.
And winners that year the group gave their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was identified with the condition.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," remarked singer Heather Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the honor. So our winning affected somebody else's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had rescued several small stages in that region, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The first in that area and the second in the city were bought under the public acquisition scheme, which is backed by a national body and enthusiasts who purchase "shares" in the properties.
