The artist has handed over the entirety of his £25k award cash to the Music Venues Trust, which works to save the UK's grassroots music venues.
Fender was given the award on 16 October as his latest record the album was chosen as the top album of the previous year.
Fender has decided to give the cash to the MVT, in recognition of the crucial part small stages fulfilled in his early career.
"I would not have achieved this success if it weren't for all the gigs I performed around the North East, and beyond, when I was starting out," remarked Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – about 16% of the entire UK sector.
Recently, major artists like Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by adding a small levy to their ticket costs, which supports smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also joined in, raising in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to assist numerous grassroots venues across the UK.
The money supported venues that were dealing with potential shutdown due to challenges stemming from floods, fires and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and sound issues.
Other venues were granted financial assistance in modernizing infrastructure and technical equipment that directly benefitted performers and concertgoers.
"The notion that money from shows in large arenas helps the independent spots, where it all starts for performers like me, is just common sense," Fender has stated.
The musician is not the first artist to contribute his award funds to good deeds.
Back when they received the trophy in the mid-90s for their album the album, frontman Jarvis Cocker declared that the band would contribute their winnings to the charity the charity.
That year, artist Ms Dynamite split her prize across a few good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I gave a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed new equipment," Ms Dynamite told a publication.
In recent years, Ezra Collective contributed their winnings to the youth organization that nurtured their band, alongside other independent music bodies.
And the 1994 recipients the group contributed their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was identified with the condition.
"Winning was quite enough," stated artist Heather Small. "The money was the extra but we could do without the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our winning impacted somebody else's life."
Last week, the MVT announced it had rescued a couple of grassroots venues in the South East, by transferring them to local control.
The Joiners in Southampton and The Croft in the city were acquired under the community ownership scheme, which is funded by the arts council and music fans who buy "shares" in the venues.
