The artist has donated the complete sum of his £25,000 Mercury Prize winnings to the trust for venues, which works to save the Britain's grassroots music venues.
He was given the prize on mid-October as his third album People Watching was chosen as the top album of the past year.
The musician has chosen to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the crucial part small stages fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I couldn't be pursuing my current career if it wasn't for all the shows I performed around the area, and beyond, when I was starting out," said Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – approximately 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, major artists including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by adding a modest fee to their ticket prices, which benefits independent venues.
Fender also joined in, collecting more than £100,000 on his live tour to assist 38 grassroots venues across Britain.
The donation helped venues that were facing imminent closure due to difficulties caused by floods, blazes and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and sound issues.
Other venues were granted monetary aid in improving amenities and technical equipment that directly benefitted artists and concertgoers.
"The concept that money from performances in large arenas supports the independent spots, where it all starts for performers like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has stated.
Fender is not the first artist to donate his award winnings to worthy causes.
When they won the award in 1996 for their release Different Class, frontman Cocker declared that the group would donate their winnings to the charity War Child.
During 2002, artist the artist split her bounty across multiple good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I donated a grand to my local community centre, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked better apparatus," she explained to outlets.
Two years ago, they gave their funds to the community center that developed their act, as well as other independent music bodies.
Also the 1994 recipients the group gave their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was diagnosed the disease.
"The victory was ample," stated vocalist the singer. "The money was the bonus but we could do without the cherry, because we had the honor. So our success affected another person's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had rescued two small stages in the South East, by transferring them to local control.
The first in that area and the second in that location were acquired under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is supported by the arts council and supporters who buy "stakes" in the venues.
