The artist has given the complete sum of his £25,000 Mercury Prize winnings to the trust for venues, which works to preserve the UK's grassroots music venues.
He was given the award on mid-October as his new release his work was declared the top album of the last 12 months.
Fender has opted to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the essential function local spots fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I couldn't be pursuing my current career if it hadn't been for all the performances I played around the North East, and further afield, when I was starting out," said Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these locations have permanently closed – roughly 16 percent of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, top acts such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by adding a modest fee to their admission fees, which supports independent venues.
Sam Fender also participated, collecting more than £100,000 on his recent tour to assist numerous local spots across the UK.
The donation supported locations that were facing imminent closure due to issues arising from water damage, fires and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Other venues obtained monetary aid in upgrading amenities and technical equipment that directly benefitted performers and fans.
"The notion that revenue from concerts in big venues helps the independent spots, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just sensible," Fender has stated.
Fender is among several artists to donate his award winnings to good deeds.
When the band won the trophy in 1996 for their album Different Class, vocalist the singer announced that the act would give their prize money to the organization War Child.
That year, artist she divided her bounty among a few good causes, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I gave a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked better apparatus," the artist shared with outlets.
In recent years, they gave their winnings to the youth organization that nurtured their band, alongside other local music groups.
Additionally winners that year the group gave their prize to a charity for MS after a close contact was found to have the condition.
"The victory was ample," stated artist the singer. "The prize was the extra but we didn't need the extra, because we had the main prize. So our victory impacted the lives of others."
Recently, the MVT announced it had rescued a couple of grassroots venues in the South East, by transferring them to community ownership.
The first in that area and the second in Bristol were bought under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is supported by Arts Council England and supporters who purchase "stakes" in the properties.
