The star has given the full amount of his £25,000 Mercury Prize winnings to the MVT, which operates to protect the Britain's small music venues.
He was given the prize on October 16 as his latest record his work was declared the best record of the past year.
He has opted to give the cash to the MVT, in recognition of the essential function small stages had in his early career.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing my current career if it wasn't for all the performances I performed around the region, and beyond, when I was starting out," stated the artist. "These venues are renowned, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these venues have shut down – roughly one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, major artists such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by adding a modest fee to their ticket prices, which goes to help independent venues.
Sam Fender also joined in, collecting over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to support numerous local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money supported locations that were confronting potential shutdown due to difficulties caused by flooding, fires and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and sound issues.
Some locations received funding support in improving facilities and technical equipment that directly benefitted performers and fans.
"The concept that funds from shows in large arenas supports the local stages, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has said.
Fender is not the first artist to donate his Mercury Prize winnings to worthy causes.
When they received the award in the year 1996 for their record the album, frontman the singer announced that the band would give their prize money to the charity War Child.
During 2002, musician the artist shared her prize among several organizations, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I gave a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked updated gear," the artist told outlets.
In recent years, they gave their winnings to the local youth club that developed their act, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Also winners that year they contributed their winnings to a charity for MS after a close contact was identified with the condition.
"Receiving the award was ample," stated vocalist Heather Small. "The prize was the extra but we didn't need the extra, because we had the cake. So our winning impacted somebody else's life."
Last week, the MVT announced it had protected a couple of grassroots venues in the South East, by bringing them into local control.
The first in that area and The Croft in Bristol were bought under the Own Our Venues program, which is backed by a national body and music fans who buy "shares" in the buildings.
