The artist has given the complete sum of his £25k Mercury Prize prize money to the trust for venues, which works to protect the Britain's small live music spots.
Fender was presented with the award on mid-October as his new release his work was declared the best record of the previous year.
He has opted to give the cash to the trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function grassroots venues fulfilled in his beginning days.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the gigs I did around the North East, and further afield, when I was beginning," remarked the artist. "These spaces are iconic, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these locations have permanently closed – about one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, well-known musicians like Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its attempts to help venues survive, by including a small levy to their admission fees, which goes to help local stages.
Sam Fender also took part, raising in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to help numerous grassroots venues across the UK.
The donation supported venues that were dealing with imminent closure due to difficulties arising from water damage, blazes and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and sound issues.
Additional spaces were granted monetary aid in improving amenities and technical equipment that helped musicians and audiences.
"The notion that money from shows in big venues helps the independent spots, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just logical," Fender has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to donate his honor winnings to worthy causes.
In the band earned the award in the mid-90s for their album the album, lead singer the singer stated that the band would give their prize money to the organization the charity.
In 2002, artist she split her award among a few charities, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also contributed a grand to my local community centre, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they required updated gear," she shared with outlets.
In recent years, Ezra Collective gave their winnings to the youth organization that nurtured their band, as well as other local music groups.
And winners that year they donated their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was found to have the illness.
"Receiving the award was ample," said vocalist Heather Small. "The prize was the extra but we could do without the bonus, because we had the honor. So our winning impacted another person's life."
Recently, the MVT announced it had saved several local spots in the South East, by transferring them to public stewardship.
One venue in Southampton and The Croft in Bristol were purchased under the public acquisition initiative, which is funded by Arts Council England and supporters who buy "shares" in the buildings.
