The artist has handed over the complete sum of his £25,000 award cash to the trust for venues, which works to protect the UK's independent concert spaces.
Fender was given the award on October 16 as his third album People Watching was chosen as the outstanding release of the past year.
The musician has opted to hand the money over to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the vital role local spots played in his early career.
"As an artist would not have achieved my current career if it wasn't for all the gigs I played around the area, and beyond, when I was just getting going," said Sam Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these locations have permanently closed – approximately 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, well-known musicians like the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by applying a modest fee to their admission fees, which goes to help independent venues.
Sam Fender also joined in, generating over £100k on his recent tour to help 38 local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money supported spaces that were facing possible closure due to challenges stemming from flooding, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and noise complaints.
Other venues obtained funding support in improving facilities and technical equipment that directly benefitted performers and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from performances in major spaces supports the local stages, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just logical," the star has said.
He is far from the only musician to give his honor winnings to charitable organizations.
In they received the trophy in the year 1996 for their record Different Class, lead singer Cocker stated that the group would give their prize money to the non-profit the charity.
During 2002, musician she shared her prize between several organizations, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I donated a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they required better apparatus," she told the media.
In recent years, Ezra Collective donated their funds to the community center that developed their act, as well as other local music groups.
And winners that year M People donated their award to a charity for MS after a close contact was identified with the disease.
"Winning was quite enough," stated artist Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the cake. So our victory impacted somebody else's life."
Recently, the trust revealed it had rescued two small stages in that region, by placing them under local control.
The Joiners in Southampton and the other in the city were acquired under the Own Our Venues program, which is backed by a national body and enthusiasts who buy "ownership units" in the venues.
