The star has handed over the entirety of his £25k award winnings to the trust for venues, which works to preserve the UK's grassroots concert spaces.
He was presented with the award on mid-October as his new release the album was chosen as the top album of the past year.
Fender has chosen to hand the money over to the trust, in recognition of the vital role small stages played in his beginning days.
"As an artist would not have achieved what I am doing today if it weren't for all the gigs I performed around the North East, and beyond, when I was starting out," said Sam Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these spaces have shut down – approximately 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, well-known musicians including the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by including a modest fee to their ticket costs, which supports local stages.
Sam Fender also participated, generating over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to help 38 local spots across the UK.
The donation supported spaces that were facing potential shutdown due to issues arising from water damage, blazes and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and neighbor objections.
Other venues received financial assistance in modernizing infrastructure and technical equipment that directly benefitted performers and fans.
"The idea that funds from performances in large arenas supports the smaller venues, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just common sense," Fender has said.
He is far from the only musician to give his honor prize money to worthy causes.
When they received the trophy in the year 1996 for their release Different Class, vocalist Cocker announced that the band would contribute their cash to the charity War Child.
In 2002, musician she divided her award among several charities, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also gave a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed better apparatus," she explained to a publication.
In recent years, Ezra Collective donated their funds to the youth organization that supported their group, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Also the 1994 recipients they gave their prize to a charity for MS after a friend was identified with the condition.
"Receiving the award was ample," stated vocalist the singer. "The money was the bonus but we didn't require the extra, because we had the honor. So our winning impacted the lives of others."
Recently, the MVT shared it had rescued a couple of small stages in south-east England, by bringing them into community ownership.
The Joiners in that area and the second in the city were purchased under the community ownership program, which is supported by Arts Council England and music fans who buy "stakes" in the buildings.
