The artist has given the complete sum of his £25k Mercury Prize winnings to the MVT, which works to preserve the United Kingdom's grassroots concert spaces.
Fender was awarded the cheque on October 16 as his latest record the album was declared the outstanding release of the past year.
The musician has opted to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the crucial part grassroots venues fulfilled in his early career.
"I wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the gigs I played around the area, and beyond, when I was beginning," said Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have shut down – about 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, top acts like the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to support the industry, by applying a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which benefits independent venues.
Fender also joined in, collecting over £100k on his live tour to help thirty-eight grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation supported locations that were confronting possible closure due to difficulties stemming from floods, blazes and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, court cases and sound issues.
Other venues were granted financial assistance in improving infrastructure and gear that directly benefitted musicians and fans.
"The concept that money from shows in large arenas supports the smaller venues, where it begins for musicians like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has said.
He is among several artists to give his Mercury Prize funds to good deeds.
Back when the band received the prize in the year 1996 for their release their work, vocalist Jarvis Cocker announced that the act would donate their prize money to the charity War Child.
That year, artist she split her bounty across several organizations, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also donated a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed better apparatus," the artist told the media.
Previously, the band gave their prize money to the local youth club that supported their band, alongside other independent music bodies.
And winners that year they donated their award to a charity for MS after a friend was identified with the disease.
"Winning was sufficient," said artist Heather Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the honor. So our victory touched another person's life."
Last week, the MVT revealed it had rescued two local spots in the South East, by placing them under local control.
The first in the city and The Croft in that location were acquired under the public acquisition scheme, which is funded by the arts council and music fans who buy "stakes" in the venues.
