The artist has given the entirety of his £25,000 honor cash to the trust for venues, which works to save the Britain's grassroots concert spaces.
The star was given the award on October 16 as his new release People Watching was declared the outstanding release of the previous year.
The musician has chosen to hand the money over to the trust, in recognition of the vital role small stages played in his beginning days.
"I wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the shows I played around the area, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," stated Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these venues have permanently closed – roughly one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, major artists like Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its attempts to support the industry, by including a small levy to their admission fees, which supports independent venues.
Sam Fender also participated, collecting over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to support thirty-eight local spots across the UK.
These funds helped locations that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties caused by water damage, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and sound issues.
Additional spaces received funding support in improving amenities and gear that directly benefitted musicians and audiences.
"The concept that revenue from concerts in big venues supports the local stages, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has commented.
He is among several artists to give his award prize money to charitable organizations.
Back when Pulp received the prize in 1996 for their album Different Class, lead singer the singer announced that the act would donate their prize money to the organization the charity.
During 2002, artist the artist divided her bounty among several good causes, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I contributed a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed better apparatus," she told the media.
In recent years, Ezra Collective gave their funds to the youth organization that supported their band, in addition to other local music groups.
Also winners that year they contributed their winnings to a MS organization after a close contact was found to have the illness.
"Winning was sufficient," remarked artist Heather Small. "The cash was the bonus but we could do without the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our victory impacted another person's life."
In the past week, the trust revealed it had rescued several small stages in that region, by transferring them to local control.
The Joiners in Southampton and the second in Bristol were bought under the community ownership scheme, which is backed by the arts council and music fans who buy "stakes" in the buildings.
