The star has handed over the complete sum of his £25,000 honor cash to the trust for venues, which operates to preserve the Britain's grassroots concert spaces.
He was awarded the award on October 16 as his latest record his work was chosen as the best record of the last 12 months.
The musician has opted to hand the money over to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the crucial part grassroots venues had in his beginning days.
"I would not have achieved my current career if it weren't for all the gigs I played around the region, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," remarked Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – about 16% of the total UK scene.
In the last year, well-known musicians like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by adding a small levy to their ticket prices, which goes to help independent venues.
Sam Fender also took part, raising in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to assist thirty-eight local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation supported locations that were facing possible closure due to issues caused by floods, fires and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and noise complaints.
Other venues obtained monetary aid in modernizing infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted performers and audiences.
"The notion that revenue from performances in big venues backs the smaller venues, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just logical," Fender has stated.
Fender is far from the only musician to contribute his award prize money to charitable organizations.
Back when the band earned the trophy in the mid-90s for their album Different Class, lead singer Cocker announced that the act would give their winnings to the charity the charity.
That year, artist the artist divided her prize across a few charities, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I contributed a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed updated gear," she explained to a publication.
In recent years, they donated their prize money to the community center that supported their group, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
And the 1994 recipients the group donated their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was identified with the disease.
"Winning was quite enough," stated singer the singer. "The money was the extra but we didn't require the extra, because we had the honor. So our success touched the lives of others."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had rescued two local spots in the South East, by placing them under public stewardship.
One venue in that area and The Croft in Bristol were acquired under the public acquisition program, which is backed by Arts Council England and supporters who purchase "stakes" in the buildings.
