The star has given the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound Mercury Prize cash to the trust for venues, which works to preserve the Britain's grassroots live music spots.
He was presented with the prize on mid-October as his new release People Watching was chosen as the best record of the previous year.
The musician has chosen to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function grassroots venues played in his beginning days.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing this success if it wasn't for all the shows I did around the area, and further afield, when I was beginning," stated Sam Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these locations have shut down – about one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, major artists such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by including a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which benefits local stages.
Sam Fender also participated, generating over £100k on his recent tour to help thirty-eight small stages across Britain.
These funds helped locations that were dealing with possible closure due to issues arising from floods, fires and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, court cases and neighbor objections.
Other venues obtained funding support in improving facilities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted performers and audiences.
"The idea that revenue from concerts in major spaces supports the independent spots, where it all starts for performers like me, is just common sense," Fender has said.
Fender is among several artists to donate his award prize money to good deeds.
Back when they earned the trophy in 1996 for their release the album, vocalist Cocker announced that the group would donate their winnings to the organization War Child.
That year, artist the artist shared her prize between multiple charities, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I gave a thousand pounds to the center, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed updated gear," she explained to outlets.
Two years ago, they contributed their prize money to the community center that developed their group, in addition to other independent music bodies.
And winners that year M People donated their award to a charity for MS after a friend was identified with the condition.
"Winning was sufficient," stated vocalist Heather Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't need the extra, because we had the honor. So our victory impacted the lives of others."
Recently, the trust revealed it had saved several small stages in south-east England, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The first in Southampton and the other in Bristol were acquired under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is funded by a national body and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the properties.
