The star has given the complete sum of his £25k award prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to preserve the United Kingdom's grassroots music venues.
The star was presented with the cheque on 16 October as his new release the album was named the top album of the previous year.
The musician has chosen to hand the money over to the trust, in recognition of the crucial part small stages had in his beginning days.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing my current career if it weren't for all the performances I performed around the area, and beyond, when I was starting out," stated Sam Fender. "These venues are renowned, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these spaces have shut down – roughly 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, well-known musicians such as Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by adding a modest fee to their ticket costs, which goes to help independent venues.
Fender also joined in, generating over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to assist numerous local spots across the UK.
These funds assisted spaces that were facing possible closure due to challenges caused by water damage, fires and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Some locations were granted funding support in improving amenities and technical equipment that helped artists and concertgoers.
"The concept that money from shows in large arenas helps the independent spots, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has stated.
The musician is not the first artist to give his honor funds to charitable organizations.
Back when the band received the trophy in the mid-90s for their release Different Class, vocalist the singer declared that the act would contribute their prize money to the organization War Child.
That year, musician Ms Dynamite split her bounty among multiple good causes, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I gave a grand to my local community centre, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they needed updated gear," Ms Dynamite told the media.
In recent years, Ezra Collective donated their funds to the community center that supported their group, alongside other independent music bodies.
And 1994 winners M People gave their award to a MS organization after a friend was found to have the illness.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," remarked singer Heather Small. "The money was the extra but we could do without the extra, because we had the honor. So our victory affected another person's life."
Recently, the trust shared it had saved two grassroots venues in that region, by placing them under public stewardship.
The Joiners in the city and the second in that location were purchased under the Own Our Venues program, which is funded by Arts Council England and music fans who purchase "stakes" in the venues.
