The artist has donated the entirety of his £25k honor cash to the MVT, which works to preserve the UK's independent concert spaces.
Fender was awarded the cheque on 16 October as his latest record the album was chosen as the top album of the previous year.
The musician has decided to give the cash to the trust, in recognition of the vital role local spots played in his early career.
"I would not have achieved my current career if it hadn't been for all the performances I played around the region, and beyond, when I was beginning," stated Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these locations have ceased operations – roughly one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, well-known musicians such as Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by applying a small levy to their ticket prices, which supports smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also took part, collecting more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to assist thirty-eight local spots across the UK.
The money supported spaces that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties stemming from flooding, blazes and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, court cases and noise complaints.
Some locations obtained funding support in upgrading facilities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted artists and audiences.
"The notion that revenue from performances in large arenas supports the independent spots, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just logical," Fender has stated.
The musician is far from the only musician to contribute his honor prize money to charitable organizations.
In Pulp earned the trophy in the year 1996 for their album the album, lead singer Jarvis Cocker stated that the group would donate their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
That year, artist Ms Dynamite shared her prize between a few charities, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I donated a grand to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they required better apparatus," Ms Dynamite told a publication.
In recent years, they gave their prize money to the community center that developed their act, as well as other independent music bodies.
And winners that year they contributed their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was identified with the disease.
"Winning was sufficient," remarked artist Heather Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't need the extra, because we had the main prize. So our winning touched somebody else's life."
In the past week, the MVT shared it had rescued two local spots in south-east England, by placing them under community ownership.
The Joiners in the city and the other in Bristol were acquired under the Own Our Venues program, which is supported by the arts council and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the buildings.
