The artist has handed over the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound Mercury Prize cash to the MVT, which works to preserve the UK's small concert spaces.
He was awarded the award on October 16 as his new release his work was chosen as the top album of the last 12 months.
The musician has chosen to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function grassroots venues played in his early career.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing this success if it weren't for all the gigs I did around the North East, and beyond, when I was just getting going," remarked Sam Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these spaces have shut down – about 16 percent of the total UK scene.
Recently, major artists including Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its attempts to help venues survive, by applying a modest fee to their ticket costs, which supports independent venues.
Sam Fender also joined in, generating over £100k on his recent tour to assist numerous grassroots venues across Britain.
The money assisted locations that were dealing with imminent closure due to difficulties stemming from floods, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Other venues were granted financial assistance in upgrading facilities and gear that positively impacted artists and audiences.
"The idea that funds from concerts in major spaces backs the independent spots, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just sensible," Fender has said.
The musician is among several artists to give his honor funds to charitable organizations.
Back when the band earned the award in the mid-90s for their album Different Class, vocalist Jarvis Cocker stated that the band would give their winnings to the organization the charity.
That year, rapper and singer the artist shared her prize between multiple good causes, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I contributed a grand to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked updated gear," she explained to the media.
Previously, they contributed their funds to the community center that supported their act, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally winners that year M People gave their winnings to a MS organization after a close contact was identified with the illness.
"The victory was quite enough," stated artist the singer. "The cash was the extra but we could do without the cherry, because we had the cake. So our winning touched the lives of others."
Recently, the MVT shared it had protected two small stages in south-east England, by placing them under local control.
One venue in the city and The Croft in Bristol were acquired under the community ownership scheme, which is supported by a national body and supporters who acquire "shares" in the properties.
