The artist has handed over the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound Mercury Prize cash to the MVT, which works to save the UK's grassroots live music spots.
Fender was given the prize on 16 October as his new release his work was chosen as the top album of the last 12 months.
Fender has chosen to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the vital role grassroots venues fulfilled in his early career.
"I personally would not have achieved this success if it wasn't for all the shows I performed around the region, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," remarked Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have ceased operations – approximately 16% of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, top acts like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by adding a small levy to their ticket prices, which supports local stages.
He also took part, raising over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to assist numerous small stages across the UK.
The money supported venues that were confronting potential shutdown due to challenges stemming from water damage, blazes and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Other venues were granted monetary aid in improving facilities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted musicians and concertgoers.
"The idea that money from performances in big venues helps the independent spots, where it begins for musicians like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has stated.
He is far from the only musician to donate his award prize money to charitable organizations.
Back when Pulp won the trophy in 1996 for their album Different Class, lead singer Cocker announced that the group would donate their prize money to the organization the charity.
In 2002, artist Ms Dynamite divided her prize among several good causes, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also gave a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked better apparatus," she shared with outlets.
In recent years, Ezra Collective donated their funds to the local youth club that supported their band, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally the 1994 recipients the group gave their prize to a charity for MS after a friend was diagnosed the disease.
"Winning was sufficient," said artist Small. "The cash was the extra but we could do without the bonus, because we had the cake. So our winning touched somebody else's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had saved two small stages in that region, by placing them under community ownership.
The first in the city and the second in the city were purchased under the community ownership initiative, which is supported by the arts council and music fans who acquire "shares" in the properties.
