The artist has given the entirety of his £25,000 Mercury Prize cash to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the UK's independent live music spots.
He was awarded the award on mid-October as his latest record the album was chosen as the top album of the previous year.
He has decided to hand the money over to the trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part small stages played in his beginning days.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing my current career if it weren't for all the shows I performed around the region, and further afield, when I was just getting going," stated Sam Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these venues have shut down – approximately one-sixth of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, major artists like the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by adding a small levy to their ticket costs, which benefits independent venues.
Fender also joined in, raising more than £100,000 on his recent tour to help thirty-eight local spots across Britain.
The money supported spaces that were facing imminent closure due to issues stemming from flooding, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and sound issues.
Additional spaces obtained funding support in modernizing facilities and gear that helped performers and fans.
"The notion that funds from performances in big venues backs the independent spots, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has stated.
Fender is among several artists to donate his honor winnings to worthy causes.
In Pulp received the award in 1996 for their record Different Class, frontman the singer announced that the group would donate their prize money to the charity War Child.
That year, artist she shared her award between a few charities, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I donated a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they required better apparatus," she explained to the media.
Previously, the band gave their funds to the local youth club that developed their act, alongside other independent music bodies.
And 1994 winners they gave their winnings to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was diagnosed the condition.
"Winning was ample," said vocalist the singer. "The cash was the extra but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the cake. So our success impacted somebody else's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had rescued several local spots in that region, by placing them under public stewardship.
The Joiners in Southampton and The Croft in the city were acquired under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is backed by the arts council and music fans who buy "shares" in the buildings.
