The artist has donated the complete sum of his £25k honor prize money to the trust for venues, which works to preserve the United Kingdom's independent live music spots.
Fender was given the award on 16 October as his latest record People Watching was named the top album of the past year.
He has decided to hand the money over to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the vital role small stages fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I couldn't be pursuing this success if it weren't for all the gigs I played around the region, and further afield, when I was beginning," stated Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these locations have permanently closed – roughly 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, well-known musicians such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its attempts to support the industry, by including a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which goes to help independent venues.
Sam Fender also joined in, collecting more than £100,000 on his recent tour to help 38 small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds helped venues that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties arising from flooding, blazes and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Some locations were granted monetary aid in modernizing infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that helped musicians and concertgoers.
"The idea that funds from shows in major spaces helps the local stages, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just sensible," Fender has commented.
Fender is not the first artist to contribute his honor prize money to good deeds.
When Pulp received the award in the mid-90s for their album the album, vocalist Jarvis Cocker declared that the band would give their cash to the charity War Child.
That year, rapper and singer she split her bounty among a few charities, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I gave a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they required new equipment," Ms Dynamite shared with outlets.
Previously, Ezra Collective contributed their prize money to the youth organization that developed their group, alongside other local music groups.
Additionally the 1994 recipients the group contributed their prize to a charity for MS after a friend was found to have the disease.
"The victory was quite enough," said artist Small. "The cash was the extra but we could do without the cherry, because we had the honor. So our victory impacted somebody else's life."
Last week, the trust revealed it had saved several grassroots venues in that region, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The first in Southampton and the other in Bristol were purchased under the community ownership program, which is supported by a national body and enthusiasts who acquire "shares" in the venues.
