The star has given the complete sum of his £25,000 Mercury Prize prize money to the MVT, which functions to save the UK's grassroots concert spaces.
He was presented with the cheque on mid-October as his new release the album was declared the best record of the previous year.
Fender has opted to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the essential function grassroots venues played in his initial steps.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the performances I played around the region, and further afield, when I was just getting going," said Sam Fender. "These venues are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these venues have permanently closed – roughly 16% of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, top acts including the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to support the industry, by adding a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which benefits independent venues.
Sam Fender also took part, raising over £100k on his live tour to assist thirty-eight grassroots venues across Britain.
The donation supported venues that were dealing with imminent closure due to challenges arising from floods, blazes and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and noise complaints.
Some locations were granted funding support in improving facilities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted artists and concertgoers.
"The idea that revenue from performances in major spaces supports the independent spots, where it all starts for artists like me, is just sensible," Fender has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to donate his award funds to charitable organizations.
In they earned the trophy in 1996 for their release the album, lead singer Cocker announced that the group would give their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
That year, musician she shared her award among multiple charities, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also contributed a grand to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked better apparatus," Ms Dynamite explained to a publication.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective gave their prize money to the local youth club that supported their group, in addition to other local music groups.
Additionally the 1994 recipients M People donated their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was found to have the disease.
"The victory was ample," stated vocalist the singer. "The money was the bonus but we could do without the bonus, because we had the honor. So our victory impacted the lives of others."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had saved several grassroots venues in south-east England, by transferring them to community ownership.
The first in the city and the other in Bristol were bought under the Own Our Venues program, which is supported by the arts council and music fans who acquire "ownership units" in the properties.
