The artist has handed over the complete sum of his £25k honor cash to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the United Kingdom's small concert spaces.
He was given the prize on October 16 as his new release his work was declared the top album of the last 12 months.
He has chosen to donate the funds to the trust, in recognition of the crucial part small stages played in his early career.
"I couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it weren't for all the gigs I played around the region, and beyond, when I was just getting going," remarked the artist. "These spaces are iconic, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these locations have shut down – approximately one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, major artists like Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by including a modest fee to their admission fees, which supports smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also joined in, raising more than £100,000 on his recent tour to help numerous grassroots venues across Britain.
The donation assisted spaces that were facing imminent closure due to challenges arising from water damage, fires and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and sound issues.
Other venues were granted funding support in upgrading facilities and sound and lighting systems that helped performers and concertgoers.
"The idea that money from concerts in major spaces backs the smaller venues, where it begins for performers like me, is just common sense," Fender has commented.
He is among several artists to donate his honor funds to good deeds.
In they received the prize in 1996 for their album the album, frontman Cocker announced that the group would donate their cash to the organization War Child.
That year, rapper and singer she divided her bounty between multiple charities, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also donated a thousand pounds to the center, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked better apparatus," the artist explained to the media.
Previously, Ezra Collective contributed their prize money to the community center that nurtured their act, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
And the 1994 recipients the group donated their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was diagnosed the disease.
"The victory was ample," said artist Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't require the extra, because we had the main prize. So our winning touched another person's life."
In the past week, the trust shared it had protected two grassroots venues in the South East, by placing them under public stewardship.
One venue in that area and the second in the city were acquired under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is backed by the arts council and enthusiasts who acquire "shares" in the properties.
