The artist has handed over the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound honor winnings to the MVT, which functions to preserve the United Kingdom's grassroots live music spots.
The star was given the cheque on mid-October as his new release his work was chosen as the top album of the last 12 months.
The musician has decided to donate the funds to the trust, in appreciation of the vital role grassroots venues had in his beginning days.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the shows I performed around the area, and further afield, when I was just getting going," stated Sam Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – roughly 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, well-known musicians like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its efforts to support the industry, by applying a small levy to their ticket prices, which supports smaller concert halls.
Fender also participated, collecting over £100k on his recent tour to support thirty-eight small stages across the UK.
These funds assisted locations that were dealing with imminent closure due to issues caused by water damage, fires and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, court cases and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces obtained financial assistance in upgrading facilities and technical equipment that positively impacted musicians and concertgoers.
"The idea that funds from shows in large arenas backs the smaller venues, where it begins for performers like me, is just logical," the star has stated.
He is far from the only musician to donate his honor funds to good deeds.
Back when the band received the prize in the mid-90s for their release Different Class, vocalist Cocker declared that the act would donate their winnings to the charity War Child.
In 2002, musician she shared her bounty across a few good causes, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I gave a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they required better apparatus," she explained to the media.
Two years ago, the band donated their prize money to the local youth club that supported their band, alongside other independent music bodies.
And winners that year the group donated their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was diagnosed the disease.
"The victory was ample," stated artist the singer. "The money was the bonus but we could do without the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our victory impacted somebody else's life."
Last week, the trust announced it had rescued a couple of grassroots venues in the South East, by bringing them into public stewardship.
One venue in that area and The Croft in that location were purchased under the Own Our Venues program, which is backed by the arts council and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.