The star has donated the entirety of his £25,000 Mercury Prize winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which works to protect the UK's independent live music spots.
He was presented with the prize on mid-October as his new release his work was chosen as the outstanding release of the past year.
Fender has decided to donate the funds to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the vital role local spots had in his beginning days.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing my current career if it weren't for all the shows I did around the North East, and further afield, when I was beginning," stated Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these spaces have shut down – about one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Recently, major artists like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by applying a small levy to their ticket prices, which benefits local stages.
He also joined in, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support thirty-eight grassroots venues across Britain.
The money assisted venues that were facing potential shutdown due to difficulties caused by water damage, blazes and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and sound issues.
Other venues obtained financial assistance in improving facilities and technical equipment that positively impacted musicians and fans.
"The idea that revenue from performances in big venues helps the smaller venues, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to give his award prize money to good deeds.
In Pulp won the prize in the year 1996 for their album their work, lead singer Cocker declared that the band would contribute their prize money to the charity the charity.
In 2002, musician she divided her prize across several charities, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I contributed a thousand pounds to the center, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they required new equipment," the artist told outlets.
Previously, the band gave their winnings to the community center that nurtured their act, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally winners that year the group gave their winnings to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was found to have the illness.
"Winning was quite enough," said artist Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the honor. So our victory affected somebody else's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had rescued two grassroots venues in the South East, by placing them under local control.
The first in that area and the second in Bristol were acquired under the public acquisition program, which is supported by the arts council and supporters who buy "shares" in the buildings.
