The star has donated the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound honor prize money to the trust for venues, which functions to protect the Britain's grassroots live music spots.
He was presented with the award on mid-October as his third album People Watching was named the top album of the last 12 months.
The musician has decided to donate the funds to the MVT, in recognition of the essential function grassroots venues had in his beginning days.
"I personally would not have achieved this success if it wasn't for all the gigs I played around the area, and further afield, when I was starting out," said Sam Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these locations have permanently closed – about one-sixth of the total UK scene.
Recently, well-known musicians like Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by applying a modest fee to their ticket costs, which benefits independent venues.
Fender also participated, raising more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support numerous grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds helped spaces that were confronting imminent closure due to challenges stemming from floods, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and sound issues.
Additional spaces obtained monetary aid in modernizing facilities and technical equipment that helped artists and audiences.
"The idea that revenue from performances in major spaces supports the smaller venues, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has commented.
Fender is not the first artist to donate his award prize money to charitable organizations.
In Pulp earned the prize in the mid-90s for their record the album, vocalist Jarvis Cocker declared that the act would donate their cash to the charity the charity.
During 2002, artist the artist divided her prize between a few good causes, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also contributed a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they required new equipment," she told a publication.
Two years ago, the band gave their funds to the community center that developed their group, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
And 1994 winners M People contributed their winnings to a MS organization after a acquaintance was found to have the disease.
"The victory was quite enough," stated artist Heather Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't need the extra, because we had the cake. So our winning affected somebody else's life."
In the past week, the MVT revealed it had rescued two local spots in south-east England, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The first in that area and The Croft in that location were purchased under the public acquisition program, which is supported by the arts council and supporters who buy "stakes" in the venues.
