The artist has handed over the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound award winnings to the trust for venues, which works to preserve the UK's grassroots concert spaces.
Fender was presented with the award on October 16 as his third album People Watching was named the outstanding release of the past year.
Fender has decided to hand the money over to the trust, in appreciation of the vital role small stages had in his beginning days.
"I couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the performances I performed around the region, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," remarked Sam Fender. "These venues are renowned, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – roughly one-sixth of the total UK scene.
In the last year, well-known musicians like the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its efforts to support the industry, by adding a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which benefits local stages.
Sam Fender also participated, raising over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to help thirty-eight small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money supported locations that were dealing with imminent closure due to challenges stemming from floods, blazes and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Additional spaces were granted financial assistance in upgrading amenities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted performers and concertgoers.
"The concept that money from performances in large arenas helps the smaller venues, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just sensible," Fender has stated.
He is among several artists to donate his award prize money to good deeds.
When they earned the prize in the mid-90s for their album Different Class, vocalist Jarvis Cocker announced that the band would contribute their prize money to the organization War Child.
In 2002, artist the artist split her award across several good causes, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I contributed a grand to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked better apparatus," the artist told outlets.
In recent years, the band gave their prize money to the community center that nurtured their band, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Also the 1994 recipients M People contributed their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was diagnosed the disease.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," said singer the singer. "The cash was the extra but we didn't require the extra, because we had the cake. So our success impacted the lives of others."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had protected several local spots in south-east England, by placing them under public stewardship.
The Joiners in the city and the other in Bristol were acquired under the public acquisition scheme, which is funded by a national body and supporters who buy "stakes" in the venues.
