The star has donated the entirety of his £25k Mercury Prize winnings to the trust for venues, which operates to save the Britain's small music venues.
The star was presented with the award on mid-October as his third album the album was named the top album of the past year.
The musician has opted to give the cash to the trust, in appreciation of the essential function local spots had in his early career.
"I personally wouldn't be doing my current career if it hadn't been for all the performances I did around the area, and beyond, when I was starting out," said Sam Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – about 16% of the total UK scene.
Recently, major artists like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the trust in its efforts to support the industry, by applying a small levy to their ticket costs, which benefits local stages.
Sam Fender also participated, raising over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to assist numerous grassroots venues across the UK.
These funds helped locations that were confronting imminent closure due to issues stemming from flooding, blazes and personal losses, as well as permit problems, court cases and neighbor objections.
Other venues received monetary aid in improving facilities and gear that directly benefitted artists and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from shows in major spaces supports the smaller venues, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just common sense," Fender has commented.
Fender is far from the only musician to contribute his honor prize money to worthy causes.
Back when Pulp won the prize in 1996 for their record their work, vocalist the singer stated that the band would contribute their prize money to the organization War Child.
That year, artist the artist divided her prize among multiple good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I donated a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they required new equipment," she shared with the media.
In recent years, the band donated their winnings to the local youth club that supported their act, in addition to other local music groups.
Also 1994 winners the group contributed their prize to a MS organization after a close contact was found to have the condition.
"The victory was ample," stated vocalist the singer. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't need the extra, because we had the cake. So our victory affected somebody else's life."
In the past week, the MVT announced it had protected two small stages in the South East, by transferring them to community ownership.
The Joiners in Southampton and the other in the city were purchased under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is funded by the arts council and music fans who acquire "ownership units" in the buildings.
