The star has given the entirety of his £25,000 honor winnings to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the Britain's small concert spaces.
Fender was given the prize on mid-October as his third album People Watching was declared the top album of the previous year.
He has opted to give the cash to the MVT, in recognition of the essential function small stages played in his beginning days.
"I personally would not have achieved what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the gigs I performed around the North East, and further afield, when I was starting out," stated Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these locations have shut down – roughly one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, major artists like the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its attempts to support the industry, by applying a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which goes to help local stages.
Sam Fender also joined in, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support numerous local spots across the UK.
These funds assisted venues that were facing possible closure due to issues arising from flooding, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and sound issues.
Additional spaces received funding support in improving infrastructure and technical equipment that directly benefitted musicians and fans.
"The notion that funds from performances in major spaces backs the independent spots, where it begins for musicians like me, is just sensible," Fender has said.
Fender is not the first artist to donate his award prize money to charitable organizations.
Back when they won the trophy in the mid-90s for their album the album, frontman Cocker announced that the group would contribute their winnings to the charity War Child.
In 2002, artist Ms Dynamite divided her prize among multiple organizations, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I donated a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed updated gear," the artist explained to outlets.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective donated their prize money to the community center that developed their group, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally the 1994 recipients the group gave their winnings to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was diagnosed the condition.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," said singer Heather Small. "The money was the bonus but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the honor. So our winning touched the lives of others."
Last week, the trust shared it had protected a couple of local spots in that region, by bringing them into community ownership.
The first in the city and The Croft in that location were acquired under the community ownership program, which is backed by the arts council and supporters who acquire "stakes" in the properties.
