The artist has donated the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound Mercury Prize winnings to the MVT, which functions to save the UK's grassroots music venues.
Fender was presented with the prize on 16 October as his latest record the album was chosen as the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
He has chosen to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the vital role grassroots venues fulfilled in his early career.
"I personally wouldn't be doing this success if it wasn't for all the shows I performed around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," said Sam Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – about one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, major artists such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its efforts to help venues survive, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also took part, generating over £100k on his recent tour to support thirty-eight small stages across the UK.
The money supported locations that were confronting possible closure due to difficulties caused by floods, fires and personal losses, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and sound issues.
Some locations were granted funding support in modernizing facilities and gear that directly benefitted musicians and concertgoers.
"The notion that funds from performances in large arenas supports the local stages, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just common sense," the star has commented.
Fender is not the first artist to give his Mercury Prize funds to charitable organizations.
In Pulp earned the award in the mid-90s for their album Different Class, frontman Jarvis Cocker stated that the band would give their winnings to the charity the charity.
That year, musician she shared her prize among several good causes, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I contributed a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed new equipment," she told a publication.
Previously, the band gave their prize money to the youth organization that developed their band, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Also the 1994 recipients M People donated their winnings to a MS organization after a friend was identified with the illness.
"The victory was ample," said singer the singer. "The cash was the extra but we could do without the bonus, because we had the honor. So our success affected the lives of others."
Last week, the MVT announced it had protected a couple of small stages in south-east England, by bringing them into local control.
The first in that area and the other in that location were acquired under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is supported by the arts council and music fans who purchase "stakes" in the buildings.
