The star has donated the entirety of his £25k honor prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which works to preserve the Britain's grassroots concert spaces.
He was presented with the cheque on mid-October as his latest record People Watching was named the top album of the past year.
The musician has chosen to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role small stages played in his beginning days.
"I would not have achieved my current career if it weren't for all the gigs I played around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," said the artist. "These venues are legendary, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these venues have shut down – about one-sixth of the total UK scene.
In the last year, top acts like the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its efforts to support the industry, by adding a modest fee to their ticket prices, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
He also took part, generating in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to help thirty-eight grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation assisted locations that were confronting potential shutdown due to difficulties arising from floods, blazes and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Some locations were granted monetary aid in upgrading infrastructure and technical equipment that positively impacted musicians and fans.
"The concept that revenue from performances in major spaces supports the smaller venues, where it all starts for artists like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has said.
He is far from the only musician to contribute his honor funds to good deeds.
Back when the band won the prize in the mid-90s for their record the album, lead singer the singer announced that the group would contribute their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
In 2002, artist she split her bounty among multiple good causes, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I contributed a grand to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked better apparatus," Ms Dynamite shared with a publication.
Two years ago, the band donated their funds to the youth organization that supported their group, in addition to other independent music bodies.
And the 1994 recipients the group gave their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was diagnosed the disease.
"Winning was sufficient," said artist Heather Small. "The cash was the bonus but we could do without the extra, because we had the cake. So our victory impacted the lives of others."
In the past week, the trust announced it had rescued two local spots in the South East, by transferring them to community ownership.
The Joiners in Southampton and the second in the city were acquired under the Own Our Venues program, which is backed by a national body and supporters who acquire "shares" in the venues.
