The star has donated the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound award cash to the trust for venues, which operates to preserve the UK's small concert spaces.
He was presented with the cheque on October 16 as his new release People Watching was chosen as the top album of the previous year.
He has decided to donate the funds to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the vital role grassroots venues played in his initial steps.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing my current career if it hadn't been for all the shows I played around the region, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," stated Sam Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these locations have permanently closed – approximately 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, well-known musicians including the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a modest fee to their ticket prices, which goes to help local stages.
Sam Fender also took part, generating more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support 38 small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds supported locations that were facing imminent closure due to challenges stemming from flooding, blazes and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, court cases and sound issues.
Other venues received monetary aid in modernizing infrastructure and gear that directly benefitted performers and concertgoers.
"The idea that funds from performances in big venues supports the local stages, where it begins for artists like me, is just sensible," Fender has commented.
Fender is far from the only musician to donate his honor funds to good deeds.
When the band won the prize in the mid-90s for their release Different Class, frontman Cocker stated that the act would give their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer she divided her award across a few organizations, like the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also contributed a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked better apparatus," she shared with a publication.
Previously, they donated their funds to the youth organization that nurtured their group, alongside other independent music bodies.
Also the 1994 recipients the group contributed their award to a MS organization after a acquaintance was found to have the disease.
"Winning was ample," stated artist Heather Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our success impacted somebody else's life."
In the past week, the trust announced it had rescued two small stages in the South East, by transferring them to public stewardship.
One venue in Southampton and the second in Bristol were purchased under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is funded by Arts Council England and music fans who buy "stakes" in the buildings.
