The artist has donated the complete sum of his £25k Mercury Prize cash to the MVT, which functions to save the Britain's independent concert spaces.
The star was presented with the cheque on October 16 as his third album the album was named the outstanding release of the previous year.
He has decided to donate the funds to the trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function grassroots venues fulfilled in his initial steps.
"I personally would not have achieved this success if it weren't for all the shows I played around the region, and beyond, when I was starting out," said Sam Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these venues have ceased operations – roughly 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, top acts like Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to support the industry, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which benefits local stages.
Sam Fender also joined in, generating more than £100,000 on his recent tour to assist 38 small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds supported spaces that were facing imminent closure due to issues arising from floods, blazes and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and sound issues.
Some locations obtained funding support in upgrading amenities and technical equipment that directly benefitted artists and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from shows in major spaces supports the local stages, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to give his award prize money to good deeds.
In Pulp received the prize in the mid-90s for their record the album, frontman Jarvis Cocker declared that the act would donate their winnings to the charity the charity.
During 2002, rapper and singer she split her award among a few charities, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also donated a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed updated gear," she explained to the media.
Two years ago, the band contributed their prize money to the youth organization that developed their act, alongside other local music groups.
Additionally 1994 winners the group contributed their winnings to a MS organization after a close contact was found to have the disease.
"The victory was sufficient," said vocalist Small. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our success affected another person's life."
Recently, the trust shared it had saved two small stages in that region, by bringing them into community ownership.
The Joiners in that area and The Croft in Bristol were purchased under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is supported by Arts Council England and supporters who acquire "stakes" in the buildings.
