The artist has handed over the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound award winnings to the MVT, which functions to preserve the UK's grassroots concert spaces.
Fender was presented with the award on 16 October as his latest record People Watching was chosen as the outstanding release of the previous year.
Fender has chosen to hand the money over to the trust, in appreciation of the vital role small stages had in his early career.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing this success if it wasn't for all the shows I did around the North East, and further afield, when I was just getting going," said the artist. "These locations are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these venues have ceased operations – approximately 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, well-known musicians such as the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the trust in its attempts to support the industry, by including a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Fender also took part, collecting more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to assist 38 small stages across the UK.
The money assisted locations that were dealing with potential shutdown due to challenges stemming from water damage, fires and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and sound issues.
Other venues were granted monetary aid in upgrading facilities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted musicians and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from concerts in major spaces helps the local stages, where it begins for performers like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has commented.
Fender is far from the only musician to give his honor funds to worthy causes.
In they earned the award in the mid-90s for their record Different Class, vocalist Cocker stated that the act would donate their prize money to the organization War Child.
During 2002, artist she split her award across several organizations, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I gave a grand to the center, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they required updated gear," she shared with the media.
Previously, the band donated their winnings to the community center that nurtured their group, as well as other independent music bodies.
Additionally 1994 winners they contributed their winnings to a charity for MS after a friend was identified with the disease.
"The victory was ample," remarked vocalist Heather Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the cake. So our success impacted somebody else's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had saved two grassroots venues in that region, by bringing them into local control.
One venue in that area and the second in Bristol were purchased under the community ownership scheme, which is funded by a national body and supporters who buy "shares" in the buildings.
