The artist has donated the full amount of his £25k Mercury Prize prize money to the trust for venues, which works to preserve the Britain's grassroots music venues.
Fender was given the prize on October 16 as his latest record the album was declared the outstanding release of the past year.
The musician has chosen to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the vital role grassroots venues fulfilled in his early career.
"I wouldn't be doing my current career if it weren't for all the performances I did around the area, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," remarked Sam Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these venues have shut down – about 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, well-known musicians such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the trust in its efforts to support the industry, by adding a small levy to their ticket costs, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
He also joined in, generating more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to help numerous small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation supported venues that were facing imminent closure due to difficulties arising from flooding, blazes and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and noise complaints.
Additional spaces received monetary aid in modernizing facilities and gear that helped artists and audiences.
"The notion that money from concerts in major spaces supports the smaller venues, where it all starts for artists like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has commented.
Fender is not the first artist to give his award funds to charitable organizations.
Back when the band won the prize in 1996 for their release Different Class, vocalist Cocker announced that the band would contribute their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, artist Ms Dynamite divided her award between multiple organizations, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also contributed a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed updated gear," she told outlets.
Two years ago, the band contributed their winnings to the youth organization that supported their act, in addition to other local music groups.
Also winners that year M People contributed their winnings to a charity for MS after a friend was identified with the illness.
"The victory was ample," stated singer Heather Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we could do without the extra, because we had the honor. So our victory affected another person's life."
In the past week, the trust announced it had saved several local spots in south-east England, by placing them under community ownership.
The first in the city and the other in that location were bought under the public acquisition initiative, which is funded by Arts Council England and music fans who buy "shares" in the properties.
