The artist has given the entirety of his £25k award winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to save the UK's independent live music spots.
The star was presented with the award on 16 October as his latest record the album was declared the top album of the previous year.
Fender has chosen to donate the funds to the MVT, in recognition of the vital role local spots fulfilled in his early career.
"As an artist would not have achieved what I am doing today if it weren't for all the shows I played around the region, and further afield, when I was starting out," said the artist. "These venues are iconic, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – approximately 16% of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, major artists such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by adding a small levy to their ticket costs, which supports smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also took part, generating in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support numerous small stages across Britain.
The money helped spaces that were confronting potential shutdown due to difficulties stemming from flooding, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, court cases and sound issues.
Some locations were granted financial assistance in modernizing infrastructure and technical equipment that positively impacted musicians and audiences.
"The concept that funds from performances in large arenas helps the local stages, where it all starts for artists like me, is just sensible," the star has commented.
The musician is among several artists to give his honor funds to worthy causes.
In they earned the prize in the mid-90s for their record Different Class, frontman Jarvis Cocker stated that the band would contribute their prize money to the charity War Child.
During 2002, musician the artist divided her bounty among several organizations, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also contributed a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they required better apparatus," the artist told the media.
In recent years, they gave their winnings to the community center that nurtured their act, as well as other independent music bodies.
And the 1994 recipients the group donated their prize to a MS organization after a acquaintance was identified with the illness.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," said vocalist Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the cake. So our winning impacted another person's life."
Last week, the MVT shared it had rescued a couple of local spots in south-east England, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The Joiners in Southampton and the second in Bristol were acquired under the public acquisition program, which is funded by the arts council and music fans who acquire "stakes" in the venues.
