The artist has handed over the entirety of his £25k award cash to the Music Venues Trust, which works to protect the Britain's small music venues.
The star was presented with the cheque on mid-October as his latest record People Watching was declared the outstanding release of the past year.
The musician has chosen to give the cash to the MVT, in recognition of the essential function grassroots venues played in his initial steps.
"I wouldn't be doing my current career if it weren't for all the shows I did around the area, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," remarked the artist. "These locations are renowned, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these venues have permanently closed – approximately one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, top acts such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its attempts to support the industry, by including a small levy to their ticket costs, which supports independent venues.
He also participated, generating over £100k on his live tour to assist thirty-eight grassroots venues across the UK.
These funds helped venues that were dealing with imminent closure due to challenges stemming from flooding, fires and personal losses, as well as permit problems, conflicts and sound issues.
Some locations were granted monetary aid in modernizing infrastructure and gear that helped artists and audiences.
"The concept that money from shows in big venues helps the smaller venues, where it begins for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has said.
The musician is far from the only musician to contribute his honor winnings to charitable organizations.
When they earned the trophy in 1996 for their album their work, vocalist Jarvis Cocker announced that the act would donate their winnings to the non-profit the charity.
In 2002, rapper and singer she shared her bounty across a few organizations, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I gave a £1,000 to the center, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked updated gear," the artist told the media.
Previously, Ezra Collective contributed their winnings to the community center that supported their act, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Also 1994 winners they gave their winnings to a charity for MS after a friend was found to have the condition.
"Receiving the award was ample," said artist Small. "The prize was the bonus but we could do without the bonus, because we had the cake. So our victory affected another person's life."
Recently, the MVT revealed it had protected two local spots in south-east England, by bringing them into local control.
The Joiners in Southampton and the other in that location were bought under the public acquisition scheme, which is backed by the arts council and enthusiasts who purchase "shares" in the venues.
