The artist has donated the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound Mercury Prize cash to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the United Kingdom's grassroots live music spots.
He was awarded the cheque on mid-October as his new release the album was chosen as the outstanding release of the past year.
He has opted to hand the money over to the trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part local spots fulfilled in his early career.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it weren't for all the shows I performed around the region, and further afield, when I was starting out," said Sam Fender. "These venues are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these venues have ceased operations – about 16% of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, major artists like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by applying a small levy to their admission fees, which supports local stages.
Fender also joined in, raising in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to support numerous small stages across the UK.
The money helped venues that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties caused by flooding, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and sound issues.
Some locations were granted funding support in modernizing amenities and technical equipment that directly benefitted musicians and concertgoers.
"The concept that money from concerts in large arenas backs the smaller venues, where it all starts for artists like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has commented.
Fender is far from the only musician to give his award winnings to worthy causes.
When they earned the prize in the year 1996 for their release Different Class, lead singer the singer declared that the band would donate their prize money to the charity War Child.
During 2002, artist Ms Dynamite split her bounty between multiple good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I donated a grand to my local community centre, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they required better apparatus," Ms Dynamite shared with outlets.
Previously, Ezra Collective contributed their prize money to the youth organization that developed their band, alongside other local music groups.
Additionally 1994 winners M People contributed their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was diagnosed the condition.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," said singer Small. "The prize was the bonus but we could do without the cherry, because we had the cake. So our victory impacted the lives of others."
Recently, the trust announced it had protected a couple of small stages in the South East, by transferring them to local control.
One venue in Southampton and the other in the city were bought under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is funded by the arts council and music fans who buy "shares" in the properties.
