The star has handed over the full amount of his £25k honor winnings to the trust for venues, which works to protect the United Kingdom's small concert spaces.
The star was given the cheque on mid-October as his latest record People Watching was named the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
The musician has chosen to give the cash to the trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part small stages had in his initial steps.
"As an artist would not have achieved what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the performances I did around the region, and further afield, when I was beginning," stated the artist. "These spaces are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – about one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, well-known musicians like Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by applying a small levy to their ticket prices, which supports local stages.
Sam Fender also took part, raising over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to assist thirty-eight grassroots venues across Britain.
The money assisted locations that were dealing with possible closure due to issues caused by floods, fires and personal losses, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Some locations were granted funding support in modernizing facilities and technical equipment that directly benefitted musicians and fans.
"The notion that money from concerts in large arenas supports the local stages, where it all starts for performers like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to give his honor funds to good deeds.
In Pulp won the award in the mid-90s for their album Different Class, vocalist Jarvis Cocker announced that the group would contribute their winnings to the non-profit the charity.
That year, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite split her prize between several good causes, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also contributed a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked better apparatus," she shared with the media.
Previously, the band contributed their winnings to the youth organization that developed their act, as well as other local music groups.
Also 1994 winners they contributed their winnings to a MS organization after a friend was identified with the illness.
"Winning was quite enough," said vocalist Heather Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our victory affected somebody else's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had rescued two grassroots venues in the South East, by bringing them into local control.
One venue in the city and the second in Bristol were purchased under the public acquisition scheme, which is funded by the arts council and enthusiasts who buy "ownership units" in the properties.
