The star has given the complete sum of his £25,000 award prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to save the UK's grassroots live music spots.
Fender was awarded the cheque on mid-October as his latest record People Watching was named the top album of the past year.
He has decided to hand the money over to the trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function grassroots venues played in his early career.
"I personally wouldn't be doing my current career if it weren't for all the gigs I played around the region, and further afield, when I was just getting going," stated the artist. "These spaces are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – approximately one-sixth of the total UK scene.
Recently, top acts including Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by applying a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which goes to help local stages.
Sam Fender also joined in, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to help 38 grassroots venues across Britain.
The money supported venues that were confronting imminent closure due to challenges stemming from water damage, fires and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and sound issues.
Some locations received financial assistance in improving infrastructure and technical equipment that directly benefitted musicians and audiences.
"The idea that funds from performances in major spaces supports the local stages, where it begins for performers like me, is just sensible," Fender has commented.
The musician is far from the only musician to donate his award winnings to worthy causes.
When Pulp earned the trophy in 1996 for their album Different Class, vocalist Jarvis Cocker declared that the band would donate their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, musician Ms Dynamite split her bounty between a few good causes, like the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I gave a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they required updated gear," Ms Dynamite shared with outlets.
Previously, Ezra Collective gave their winnings to the community center that developed their band, as well as other independent music bodies.
And 1994 winners the group contributed their winnings to a charity for MS after a friend was diagnosed the illness.
"Winning was sufficient," said artist Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't require the extra, because we had the cake. So our winning impacted another person's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had protected two small stages in that region, by placing them under local control.
The Joiners in that area and the other in that location were purchased under the community ownership initiative, which is funded by a national body and supporters who buy "shares" in the venues.
