The star has given the entirety of his £25k award cash to the Music Venues Trust, which works to preserve the Britain's small music venues.
The star was given the award on mid-October as his third album his work was chosen as the best record of the past year.
The musician has opted to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the essential function grassroots venues fulfilled in his early career.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing my current career if it weren't for all the performances I did around the North East, and beyond, when I was just getting going," remarked Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these venues have shut down – approximately 16% of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, major artists including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a small levy to their admission fees, which benefits local stages.
Sam Fender also joined in, raising more than £100,000 on his recent tour to help thirty-eight grassroots venues across Britain.
The money helped spaces that were dealing with potential shutdown due to issues stemming from floods, blazes and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, court cases and noise complaints.
Additional spaces obtained monetary aid in improving infrastructure and technical equipment that directly benefitted musicians and concertgoers.
"The idea that money from concerts in major spaces backs the independent spots, where it all starts for performers like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has said.
He is among several artists to give his honor winnings to charitable organizations.
Back when Pulp received the award in 1996 for their release their work, vocalist Cocker announced that the band would donate their cash to the non-profit War Child.
That year, musician Ms Dynamite shared her award across several charities, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I contributed a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they needed better apparatus," Ms Dynamite explained to outlets.
In recent years, Ezra Collective gave their funds to the community center that developed their act, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Also the 1994 recipients M People gave their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was identified with the disease.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," stated singer the singer. "The prize was the bonus but we could do without the bonus, because we had the cake. So our winning touched another person's life."
Last week, the trust revealed it had saved several grassroots venues in south-east England, by bringing them into community ownership.
The first in that area and The Croft in Bristol were acquired under the community ownership initiative, which is supported by Arts Council England and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the venues.
