The artist has handed over the entirety of his £25k Mercury Prize cash to the MVT, which operates to save the Britain's small live music spots.
The star was presented with the cheque on 16 October as his new release People Watching was declared the outstanding release of the previous year.
The musician has opted to hand the money over to the trust, in recognition of the vital role grassroots venues fulfilled in his early career.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing this success if it hadn't been for all the performances I played around the area, and further afield, when I was just getting going," remarked the artist. "These locations are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these venues have shut down – approximately 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, well-known musicians such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by adding a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which supports smaller concert halls.
Fender also took part, raising in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to support thirty-eight grassroots venues across the UK.
The money supported spaces that were facing imminent closure due to challenges arising from floods, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and noise complaints.
Some locations were granted monetary aid in modernizing amenities and technical equipment that directly benefitted artists and audiences.
"The notion that funds from shows in major spaces helps the local stages, where it begins for artists like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has stated.
He is not the first artist to contribute his honor funds to worthy causes.
In the band earned the award in the year 1996 for their record the album, lead singer Jarvis Cocker stated that the act would contribute their winnings to the charity War Child.
That year, musician she shared her award among a few charities, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I donated a thousand pounds to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked better apparatus," she explained to a publication.
Two years ago, the band gave their funds to the community center that nurtured their band, in addition to other local music groups.
And 1994 winners M People gave their prize to a MS organization after a friend was found to have the condition.
"The victory was quite enough," remarked singer Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the cake. So our victory touched another person's life."
Recently, the trust shared it had saved two local spots in the South East, by bringing them into community ownership.
The first in the city and the second in the city were purchased under the community ownership scheme, which is funded by the arts council and supporters who purchase "ownership units" in the properties.
