The star has given the entirety of his £25,000 honor cash to the MVT, which functions to preserve the Britain's independent concert spaces.
Fender was awarded the cheque on October 16 as his third album People Watching was declared the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
He has chosen to hand the money over to the trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function local spots had in his beginning days.
"As an artist would not have achieved my current career if it weren't for all the gigs I did around the region, and beyond, when I was just getting going," said Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – about 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, major artists like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by applying a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Fender also joined in, raising more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to help thirty-eight local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money assisted locations that were facing possible closure due to issues stemming from floods, fires and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Other venues were granted monetary aid in improving amenities and technical equipment that helped performers and fans.
"The concept that funds from concerts in large arenas backs the smaller venues, where it begins for musicians like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has stated.
Fender is far from the only musician to donate his honor winnings to good deeds.
When Pulp won the trophy in 1996 for their album the album, frontman Jarvis Cocker declared that the band would give their prize money to the non-profit the charity.
In 2002, artist she shared her bounty between several good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also gave a thousand pounds to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they needed better apparatus," the artist told a publication.
Two years ago, the band gave their prize money to the youth organization that supported their band, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Also winners that year M People gave their award to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was found to have the illness.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," stated singer Heather Small. "The money was the bonus but we didn't require the extra, because we had the main prize. So our victory impacted another person's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had rescued a couple of grassroots venues in the South East, by bringing them into community ownership.
The Joiners in that area and the second in the city were acquired under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is backed by the arts council and supporters who purchase "ownership units" in the venues.
