The artist has donated the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound Mercury Prize prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to preserve the UK's grassroots concert spaces.
Fender was given the award on mid-October as his new release his work was named the best record of the last 12 months.
The musician has opted to give the cash to the trust, in appreciation of the crucial part grassroots venues fulfilled in his initial steps.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the gigs I did around the North East, and further afield, when I was starting out," stated Sam Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – approximately 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, major artists including Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by adding a modest fee to their ticket prices, which goes to help local stages.
He also participated, raising over £100k on his recent tour to support numerous grassroots venues across Britain.
These funds supported locations that were dealing with imminent closure due to difficulties caused by flooding, blazes and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and sound issues.
Other venues received monetary aid in improving infrastructure and technical equipment that directly benefitted musicians and audiences.
"The notion that money from performances in big venues helps the local stages, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is far from the only musician to donate his Mercury Prize winnings to worthy causes.
In Pulp received the award in the year 1996 for their record the album, vocalist Cocker announced that the act would give their winnings to the organization War Child.
During 2002, musician Ms Dynamite split her bounty across a few good causes, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I gave a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked new equipment," she told the media.
In recent years, the band contributed their funds to the local youth club that supported their group, alongside other local music groups.
Additionally 1994 winners the group contributed their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was identified with the disease.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," stated vocalist Small. "The money was the extra but we could do without the bonus, because we had the cake. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had protected a couple of local spots in south-east England, by transferring them to public stewardship.
One venue in Southampton and the other in that location were acquired under the community ownership program, which is supported by the arts council and music fans who acquire "ownership units" in the properties.
