The artist has donated the entirety of his £25,000 award prize money to the MVT, which functions to preserve the United Kingdom's independent concert spaces.
The star was presented with the cheque on October 16 as his third album the album was declared the best record of the last 12 months.
The musician has opted to give the cash to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the vital role grassroots venues fulfilled in his early career.
"I would not have achieved my current career if it hadn't been for all the shows I performed around the region, and further afield, when I was beginning," said the artist. "These locations are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these venues have shut down – roughly 16% of the total UK scene.
Recently, major artists including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by including a modest fee to their ticket prices, which benefits local stages.
He also participated, raising over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to support numerous grassroots venues across Britain.
The money helped locations that were confronting possible closure due to challenges arising from flooding, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces were granted financial assistance in improving infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted musicians and fans.
"The notion that money from performances in major spaces supports the independent spots, where it begins for artists like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has stated.
The musician is far from the only musician to donate his honor prize money to worthy causes.
When the band earned the award in 1996 for their release their work, vocalist Cocker announced that the act would contribute their cash to the charity War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite split her prize among multiple good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I donated a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked better apparatus," the artist told outlets.
Two years ago, the band donated their winnings to the youth organization that developed their band, as well as other independent music bodies.
Additionally 1994 winners M People contributed their award to a charity for MS after a friend was diagnosed the condition.
"The victory was quite enough," remarked singer Small. "The money was the bonus but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our winning touched another person's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had rescued a couple of grassroots venues in the South East, by placing them under local control.
The Joiners in the city and the second in the city were bought under the community ownership initiative, which is backed by the arts council and music fans who buy "shares" in the buildings.
