The artist has handed over the full amount of his £25,000 award prize money to the trust for venues, which works to preserve the Britain's grassroots music venues.
The star was presented with the cheque on mid-October as his latest record People Watching was named the top album of the last 12 months.
Fender has opted to donate the funds to the trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role small stages had in his beginning days.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the shows I played around the region, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," said Sam Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these locations have permanently closed – about 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, major artists including Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by adding a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which supports smaller concert halls.
Fender also participated, raising over £100k on his live tour to support numerous small stages across the UK.
The donation assisted spaces that were dealing with imminent closure due to difficulties stemming from water damage, blazes and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and sound issues.
Some locations received funding support in upgrading facilities and technical equipment that positively impacted musicians and concertgoers.
"The concept that money from concerts in big venues backs the local stages, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just common sense," the star has said.
The musician is among several artists to give his award funds to charitable organizations.
When the band earned the prize in 1996 for their album Different Class, vocalist Jarvis Cocker announced that the group would give their prize money to the non-profit the charity.
During 2002, musician she divided her award between a few good causes, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I gave a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked updated gear," the artist explained to the media.
Previously, Ezra Collective gave their prize money to the community center that developed their group, alongside other local music groups.
And 1994 winners they gave their prize to a MS organization after a close contact was found to have the illness.
"The victory was ample," said vocalist Small. "The prize was the bonus but we could do without the bonus, because we had the honor. So our success affected the lives of others."
Last week, the MVT announced it had saved several small stages in the South East, by placing them under local control.
One venue in that area and The Croft in the city were acquired under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is backed by the arts council and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.
