The star has handed over the full amount of his £25k Mercury Prize prize money to the MVT, which operates to save the Britain's small concert spaces.
The star was given the award on mid-October as his third album People Watching was chosen as the best record of the previous year.
Fender has decided to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the crucial part grassroots venues had in his initial steps.
"I would not have achieved what I am doing today if it weren't for all the performances I played around the area, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," stated the artist. "These spaces are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these spaces have shut down – roughly 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, top acts including Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by applying a modest fee to their admission fees, which supports smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also took part, generating in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to help 38 local spots across the UK.
The donation assisted locations that were facing imminent closure due to issues caused by flooding, blazes and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Some locations received financial assistance in upgrading facilities and gear that positively impacted musicians and audiences.
"The idea that funds from concerts in major spaces backs the smaller venues, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just common sense," the star has commented.
He is far from the only musician to give his honor prize money to good deeds.
Back when Pulp earned the trophy in the mid-90s for their release their work, vocalist Jarvis Cocker announced that the group would give their cash to the charity War Child.
That year, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite split her bounty among several organizations, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I contributed a grand to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked new equipment," she explained to the media.
Two years ago, the band gave their funds to the local youth club that supported their group, alongside other independent music bodies.
And the 1994 recipients they gave their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was found to have the disease.
"Winning was ample," stated singer Heather Small. "The prize was the extra but we could do without the cherry, because we had the honor. So our winning touched another person's life."
Recently, the trust shared it had rescued a couple of small stages in south-east England, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The Joiners in Southampton and the second in that location were bought under the community ownership program, which is funded by Arts Council England and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the buildings.
