The star has given the complete sum of his £25,000 honor prize money to the trust for venues, which operates to protect the UK's independent live music spots.
Fender was given the prize on 16 October as his latest record his work was chosen as the top album of the previous year.
The musician has decided to give the cash to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the essential function small stages played in his beginning days.
"I personally wouldn't be doing my current career if it weren't for all the gigs I performed around the area, and beyond, when I was beginning," said Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these locations have shut down – about 16% of the total UK scene.
Recently, well-known musicians like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its initiatives to help venues survive, by applying a small levy to their ticket prices, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also joined in, generating over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to support thirty-eight local spots across the UK.
These funds supported spaces that were dealing with imminent closure due to difficulties caused by flooding, blazes and personal losses, as well as permit problems, court cases and neighbor objections.
Some locations obtained monetary aid in upgrading amenities and gear that helped musicians and audiences.
"The notion that funds from performances in big venues supports the local stages, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has stated.
The musician is far from the only musician to donate his honor winnings to good deeds.
When the band received the award in the mid-90s for their album the album, vocalist Jarvis Cocker stated that the group would contribute their prize money to the charity the charity.
That year, rapper and singer she divided her bounty between several charities, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I donated a £1,000 to the center, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed better apparatus," the artist explained to a publication.
Two years ago, the band donated their winnings to the youth organization that developed their band, alongside other local music groups.
And the 1994 recipients M People donated their winnings to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was diagnosed the disease.
"Winning was sufficient," stated artist Heather Small. "The cash was the extra but we didn't need the extra, because we had the cake. So our winning touched the lives of others."
Last week, the trust revealed it had protected a couple of local spots in south-east England, by placing them under community ownership.
The first in that area and the other in the city were purchased under the public acquisition initiative, which is supported by Arts Council England and supporters who purchase "shares" in the buildings.
