The artist has donated the entirety of his £25,000 Mercury Prize prize money to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the UK's grassroots live music spots.
The star was presented with the cheque on October 16 as his latest record People Watching was chosen as the best record of the past year.
Fender has opted to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role grassroots venues played in his beginning days.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing my current career if it wasn't for all the gigs I did around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," stated Sam Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these locations have permanently closed – about one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, top acts such as the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to support the industry, by applying a small levy to their admission fees, which benefits independent venues.
He also took part, collecting over £100k on his recent tour to assist 38 small stages across Britain.
These funds supported spaces that were confronting potential shutdown due to issues stemming from flooding, blazes and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, court cases and noise complaints.
Other venues obtained financial assistance in improving facilities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted performers and concertgoers.
"The concept that revenue from shows in big venues helps the smaller venues, where it all starts for performers like me, is just logical," Fender has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to contribute his Mercury Prize funds to good deeds.
When they won the trophy in the year 1996 for their record the album, frontman the singer stated that the act would donate their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
That year, musician the artist shared her prize across several organizations, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I gave a grand to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they required updated gear," she told outlets.
Two years ago, they donated their prize money to the youth organization that developed their act, in addition to other local music groups.
Also 1994 winners M People gave their prize to a charity for MS after a close contact was found to have the illness.
"Receiving the award was ample," said singer Small. "The prize was the extra but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the honor. So our success impacted somebody else's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had rescued two small stages in south-east England, by placing them under public stewardship.
The Joiners in that area and the second in Bristol were purchased under the community ownership initiative, which is funded by the arts council and supporters who acquire "ownership units" in the venues.
