The star has donated the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound Mercury Prize cash to the trust for venues, which works to save the UK's small concert spaces.
The star was presented with the cheque on October 16 as his latest record People Watching was chosen as the outstanding release of the previous year.
Fender has chosen to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the crucial part local spots fulfilled in his initial steps.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it weren't for all the performances I did around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," said Sam Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have shut down – roughly 16% of the total UK scene.
In the last year, well-known musicians including the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by applying a small levy to their admission fees, which supports smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also joined in, generating in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support 38 local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation supported spaces that were facing possible closure due to challenges arising from water damage, fires and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Other venues obtained financial assistance in modernizing facilities and sound and lighting systems that helped performers and fans.
"The concept that funds from performances in major spaces backs the independent spots, where it begins for artists like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has stated.
He is not the first artist to give his award funds to worthy causes.
When Pulp earned the prize in 1996 for their record the album, vocalist Cocker stated that the group would donate their winnings to the organization the charity.
During 2002, artist Ms Dynamite shared her award across several charities, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also donated a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed new equipment," the artist explained to the media.
Two years ago, they donated their winnings to the local youth club that developed their group, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Also the 1994 recipients M People donated their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was found to have the disease.
"The victory was quite enough," said singer the singer. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the honor. So our victory touched another person's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had protected a couple of small stages in the South East, by bringing them into local control.
One venue in that area and the second in the city were bought under the public acquisition program, which is supported by the arts council and supporters who purchase "stakes" in the buildings.
