The artist has handed over the complete sum of his £25,000 award cash to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to save the UK's independent concert spaces.
The star was given the cheque on mid-October as his latest record People Watching was named the outstanding release of the previous year.
Fender has decided to hand the money over to the trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part local spots fulfilled in his early career.
"I personally would not have achieved this success if it wasn't for all the performances I performed around the North East, and beyond, when I was just getting going," remarked Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – about one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, well-known musicians such as Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which benefits local stages.
Sam Fender also participated, collecting more than £100,000 on his recent tour to assist numerous grassroots venues across the UK.
The money supported locations that were confronting imminent closure due to difficulties stemming from water damage, fires and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, court cases and sound issues.
Additional spaces obtained funding support in upgrading amenities and gear that helped musicians and fans.
"The concept that revenue from concerts in large arenas backs the independent spots, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has commented.
He is among several artists to donate his honor prize money to good deeds.
When they earned the award in 1996 for their album Different Class, vocalist Cocker stated that the band would donate their prize money to the organization War Child.
That year, artist Ms Dynamite divided her bounty among several good causes, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also contributed a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked new equipment," Ms Dynamite explained to outlets.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective contributed their winnings to the community center that nurtured their band, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
And the 1994 recipients the group gave their prize to a MS organization after a acquaintance was diagnosed the illness.
"The victory was quite enough," said artist Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the cake. So our winning affected the lives of others."
Recently, the MVT announced it had rescued a couple of local spots in that region, by transferring them to community ownership.
One venue in the city and the other in the city were acquired under the public acquisition scheme, which is funded by Arts Council England and music fans who purchase "shares" in the properties.
