The artist has donated the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound honor cash to the trust for venues, which works to protect the United Kingdom's grassroots live music spots.
The star was awarded the cheque on October 16 as his new release People Watching was named the top album of the previous year.
Fender has opted to hand the money over to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the crucial part small stages had in his beginning days.
"I personally would not have achieved my current career if it hadn't been for all the gigs I played around the area, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," stated the artist. "These locations are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these venues have shut down – approximately 16% of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, top acts including Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which supports local stages.
Fender also participated, collecting more than £100,000 on his live tour to support thirty-eight small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money supported venues that were confronting possible closure due to difficulties arising from floods, fires and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and sound issues.
Additional spaces received monetary aid in upgrading facilities and technical equipment that directly benefitted musicians and audiences.
"The notion that money from shows in large arenas helps the local stages, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has commented.
He is far from the only musician to donate his honor prize money to good deeds.
When Pulp earned the prize in 1996 for their record Different Class, lead singer Jarvis Cocker stated that the band would donate their prize money to the charity the charity.
In 2002, musician the artist shared her award across several organizations, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I donated a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked updated gear," the artist explained to the media.
Previously, the band donated their funds to the youth organization that developed their group, as well as other independent music bodies.
Also the 1994 recipients they gave their award to a MS organization after a friend was found to have the disease.
"The victory was ample," remarked vocalist Heather Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we could do without the extra, because we had the main prize. So our victory touched another person's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had rescued a couple of grassroots venues in that region, by bringing them into community ownership.
The first in the city and the second in that location were purchased under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is funded by a national body and supporters who buy "shares" in the venues.
