The star has donated the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound award prize money to the MVT, which functions to save the UK's independent live music spots.
He was awarded the prize on mid-October as his new release People Watching was declared the top album of the past year.
Fender has chosen to hand the money over to the MVT, in appreciation of the vital role grassroots venues fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I personally wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the gigs I played around the region, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," remarked Sam Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these venues have shut down – approximately 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, major artists such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the trust in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by adding a modest fee to their admission fees, which benefits independent venues.
He also participated, raising in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to help numerous small stages across Britain.
These funds assisted venues that were dealing with possible closure due to challenges arising from water damage, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as permit problems, court cases and noise complaints.
Additional spaces received funding support in upgrading amenities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted artists and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from concerts in major spaces backs the smaller venues, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just common sense," Fender has said.
The musician is among several artists to donate his honor prize money to good deeds.
In they won the prize in the mid-90s for their record the album, frontman Jarvis Cocker declared that the band would give their prize money to the charity the charity.
That year, musician Ms Dynamite split her award across multiple charities, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I contributed a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked better apparatus," she shared with the media.
In recent years, Ezra Collective contributed their prize money to the youth organization that supported their act, alongside other local music groups.
And the 1994 recipients M People gave their winnings to a MS organization after a friend was found to have the disease.
"Receiving the award was ample," said singer Heather Small. "The money was the bonus but we didn't need the extra, because we had the cake. So our victory impacted the lives of others."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had rescued several small stages in the South East, by bringing them into community ownership.
The first in the city and The Croft in Bristol were acquired under the community ownership program, which is supported by Arts Council England and music fans who buy "shares" in the buildings.
