The artist has handed over the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound Mercury Prize prize money to the trust for venues, which works to save the UK's grassroots music venues.
He was awarded the award on mid-October as his new release his work was chosen as the outstanding release of the previous year.
He has chosen to donate the funds to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the vital role grassroots venues fulfilled in his early career.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing my current career if it hadn't been for all the shows I played around the North East, and further afield, when I was beginning," remarked Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have ceased operations – roughly 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, major artists like the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by adding a small levy to their ticket costs, which benefits independent venues.
Sam Fender also participated, raising in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to help thirty-eight grassroots venues across Britain.
The donation supported locations that were dealing with potential shutdown due to issues caused by water damage, fires and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and noise complaints.
Some locations obtained financial assistance in improving infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that helped musicians and fans.
"The idea that money from shows in major spaces helps the local stages, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has commented.
Fender is not the first artist to donate his award prize money to worthy causes.
When the band earned the prize in 1996 for their record Different Class, vocalist the singer announced that the act would contribute their prize money to the charity War Child.
That year, musician Ms Dynamite split her prize between several organizations, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also gave a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked new equipment," Ms Dynamite told the media.
Two years ago, the band donated their winnings to the community center that supported their act, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally 1994 winners the group gave their prize to a MS organization after a acquaintance was identified with the illness.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," said artist Heather Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we could do without the extra, because we had the cake. So our success touched another person's life."
Last week, the trust revealed it had saved several small stages in that region, by placing them under local control.
The Joiners in Southampton and the second in the city were bought under the community ownership scheme, which is supported by Arts Council England and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.
