The artist has given the complete sum of his £25k Mercury Prize winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which works to protect the Britain's independent live music spots.
He was presented with the cheque on mid-October as his latest record his work was chosen as the outstanding release of the past year.
The musician has opted to donate the funds to the MVT, in recognition of the vital role local spots played in his early career.
"I personally wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the performances I did around the area, and beyond, when I was just getting going," said Sam Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these locations have permanently closed – about one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, well-known musicians including Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by applying a modest fee to their admission fees, which benefits local stages.
Sam Fender also joined in, raising more than £100,000 on his live tour to support numerous grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds supported locations that were confronting potential shutdown due to challenges stemming from flooding, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Other venues received monetary aid in improving amenities and technical equipment that positively impacted artists and concertgoers.
"The idea that funds from performances in big venues supports the local stages, where it begins for musicians like me, is just logical," the star has said.
Fender is not the first artist to contribute his award funds to good deeds.
In the band won the prize in 1996 for their album the album, vocalist Cocker stated that the band would give their winnings to the charity War Child.
That year, musician she divided her bounty across multiple charities, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I gave a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked better apparatus," she explained to the media.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective gave their prize money to the youth organization that supported their group, alongside other independent music bodies.
Additionally the 1994 recipients they gave their prize to a MS organization after a friend was found to have the condition.
"Winning was ample," stated singer the singer. "The money was the extra but we could do without the extra, because we had the cake. So our victory affected another person's life."
Last week, the trust announced it had protected a couple of small stages in south-east England, by placing them under local control.
The first in the city and the second in the city were acquired under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is supported by the arts council and music fans who buy "shares" in the buildings.
