The star has handed over the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound award winnings to the trust for venues, which operates to preserve the UK's small concert spaces.
Fender was presented with the award on 16 October as his third album People Watching was chosen as the top album of the previous year.
He has chosen to give the cash to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the essential function grassroots venues fulfilled in his early career.
"I personally would not have achieved my current career if it weren't for all the shows I played around the region, and further afield, when I was beginning," remarked Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – about one-sixth of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, well-known musicians including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its attempts to support the industry, by applying a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which benefits independent venues.
Fender also participated, generating more than £100,000 on his recent tour to assist thirty-eight local spots across the UK.
The money assisted spaces that were confronting potential shutdown due to issues caused by flooding, blazes and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Some locations obtained monetary aid in modernizing amenities and sound and lighting systems that helped artists and concertgoers.
"The concept that revenue from concerts in big venues backs the smaller venues, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has stated.
Fender is not the first artist to give his honor funds to worthy causes.
In Pulp earned the award in the mid-90s for their release the album, vocalist Jarvis Cocker stated that the group would donate their prize money to the charity War Child.
In 2002, musician Ms Dynamite split her award among a few organizations, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I donated a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they required new equipment," the artist shared with outlets.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective contributed their winnings to the community center that developed their group, as well as other independent music bodies.
And 1994 winners they donated their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was diagnosed the disease.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," said vocalist Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the honor. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had protected several local spots in the South East, by placing them under community ownership.
The first in that area and The Croft in Bristol were acquired under the public acquisition program, which is funded by the arts council and music fans who acquire "ownership units" in the buildings.
