The artist has donated the entirety of his £25,000 Mercury Prize winnings to the MVT, which works to save the United Kingdom's grassroots live music spots.
Fender was awarded the cheque on mid-October as his latest record his work was declared the top album of the last 12 months.
Fender has decided to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part grassroots venues played in his early career.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing my current career if it weren't for all the performances I did around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," said Sam Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have shut down – roughly 16 percent of the total UK scene.
Recently, top acts such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by including a small levy to their ticket costs, which supports local stages.
He also took part, generating over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to help 38 small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money assisted spaces that were confronting potential shutdown due to challenges arising from water damage, blazes and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, court cases and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces were granted monetary aid in modernizing facilities and gear that directly benefitted artists and fans.
"The concept that money from concerts in big venues supports the local stages, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just sensible," Fender has commented.
The musician is among several artists to donate his award funds to charitable organizations.
In they won the award in the year 1996 for their album their work, lead singer the singer stated that the act would contribute their cash to the non-profit the charity.
During 2002, rapper and singer the artist shared her bounty across a few good causes, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I donated a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they required updated gear," the artist shared with a publication.
In recent years, the band donated their funds to the community center that developed their act, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Also winners that year they contributed their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was diagnosed the condition.
"The victory was sufficient," stated vocalist Heather Small. "The money was the extra but we could do without the extra, because we had the cake. So our success touched another person's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had protected several grassroots venues in south-east England, by bringing them into local control.
One venue in Southampton and the other in the city were bought under the public acquisition scheme, which is backed by the arts council and enthusiasts who purchase "stakes" in the venues.
