The artist has given the entirety of his £25,000 award cash to the Music Venues Trust, which works to protect the Britain's grassroots concert spaces.
The star was presented with the award on mid-October as his latest record the album was named the top album of the previous year.
Fender has chosen to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the crucial part small stages had in his beginning days.
"I personally would not have achieved this success if it hadn't been for all the performances I did around the North East, and further afield, when I was starting out," said Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these venues have permanently closed – roughly one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, well-known musicians such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by adding a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which benefits local stages.
Fender also joined in, generating more than £100,000 on his live tour to support thirty-eight local spots across Britain.
The donation helped venues that were facing possible closure due to difficulties stemming from water damage, fires and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Additional spaces were granted financial assistance in upgrading facilities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted artists and concertgoers.
"The idea that revenue from shows in major spaces backs the local stages, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has said.
He is far from the only musician to give his honor prize money to worthy causes.
In Pulp earned the trophy in the mid-90s for their release their work, vocalist Jarvis Cocker stated that the group would contribute their cash to the charity War Child.
That year, musician the artist divided her prize among several good causes, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also donated a thousand pounds to the center, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed new equipment," she explained to the media.
Two years ago, the band donated their prize money to the community center that nurtured their act, in addition to other independent music bodies.
And winners that year they gave their winnings to a charity for MS after a friend was diagnosed the illness.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," remarked artist Heather Small. "The prize was the extra but we could do without the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our success affected somebody else's life."
Recently, the trust shared it had protected several local spots in south-east England, by placing them under local control.
The Joiners in Southampton and The Croft in the city were purchased under the community ownership program, which is backed by the arts council and enthusiasts who buy "stakes" in the venues.
