The artist has given the complete sum of his £25k award prize money to the MVT, which works to preserve the United Kingdom's small concert spaces.
The star was awarded the award on 16 October as his latest record People Watching was declared the top album of the previous year.
He has chosen to hand the money over to the trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function local spots had in his beginning days.
"I personally would not have achieved my current career if it wasn't for all the gigs I played around the region, and beyond, when I was beginning," said the artist. "These spaces are renowned, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these locations have permanently closed – roughly 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, major artists like Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its attempts to help venues survive, by applying a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which supports local stages.
Sam Fender also joined in, raising in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to support 38 small stages across the UK.
The money assisted locations that were facing possible closure due to challenges arising from floods, blazes and personal losses, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Other venues obtained financial assistance in modernizing amenities and technical equipment that directly benefitted artists and concertgoers.
"The concept that money from concerts in big venues helps the smaller venues, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has stated.
The musician is far from the only musician to contribute his honor prize money to worthy causes.
When the band won the trophy in the mid-90s for their release the album, lead singer the singer stated that the group would contribute their cash to the charity War Child.
That year, artist she divided her prize among a few organizations, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also contributed a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they needed updated gear," the artist explained to a publication.
In recent years, they gave their funds to the local youth club that supported their act, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Also the 1994 recipients M People donated their prize to a MS organization after a friend was found to have the illness.
"The victory was ample," stated vocalist the singer. "The money was the extra but we could do without the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our success touched somebody else's life."
Recently, the trust revealed it had rescued several local spots in south-east England, by bringing them into community ownership.
One venue in Southampton and The Croft in that location were acquired under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is backed by a national body and supporters who purchase "shares" in the buildings.
