The artist has donated the entirety of his £25,000 Mercury Prize winnings to the trust for venues, which works to preserve the Britain's grassroots concert spaces.
Fender was given the award on 16 October as his new release his work was named the best record of the past year.
The musician has opted to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function grassroots venues played in his early career.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it weren't for all the gigs I performed around the North East, and further afield, when I was just getting going," said Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these locations have shut down – roughly 16 percent of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, major artists like the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by including a small levy to their ticket costs, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also took part, raising in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to assist 38 grassroots venues across the UK.
The money supported locations that were facing possible closure due to issues stemming from water damage, fires and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces received funding support in modernizing facilities and technical equipment that positively impacted performers and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from concerts in large arenas backs the independent spots, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has stated.
Fender is not the first artist to give his award prize money to worthy causes.
Back when they earned the trophy in 1996 for their album Different Class, lead singer Jarvis Cocker stated that the group would donate their cash to the organization War Child.
That year, artist the artist split her award across a few organizations, like the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I donated a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked new equipment," Ms Dynamite shared with a publication.
In recent years, they contributed their funds to the community center that supported their group, alongside other local music groups.
Additionally 1994 winners they gave their award to a charity for MS after a friend was identified with the disease.
"Winning was ample," said artist Heather Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the honor. So our success touched somebody else's life."
In the past week, the MVT shared it had saved a couple of local spots in the South East, by bringing them into community ownership.
The first in Southampton and the second in Bristol were purchased under the community ownership program, which is supported by the arts council and supporters who purchase "shares" in the buildings.
