The artist has given the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound Mercury Prize cash to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to save the UK's small live music spots.
He was presented with the cheque on October 16 as his third album his work was declared the best record of the last 12 months.
Fender has decided to hand the money over to the trust, in recognition of the vital role small stages had in his early career.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the shows I played around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," said Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these venues have ceased operations – about 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, top acts such as the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by applying a modest fee to their admission fees, which benefits local stages.
He also took part, generating over £100k on his recent tour to assist thirty-eight grassroots venues across the UK.
The donation helped venues that were confronting potential shutdown due to challenges stemming from water damage, fires and personal losses, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces were granted monetary aid in upgrading amenities and sound and lighting systems that helped performers and fans.
"The idea that funds from concerts in major spaces backs the local stages, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has commented.
Fender is not the first artist to donate his Mercury Prize prize money to good deeds.
Back when they earned the award in 1996 for their record Different Class, frontman the singer stated that the act would donate their winnings to the charity War Child.
In 2002, musician the artist shared her award among a few organizations, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I donated a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they required better apparatus," the artist explained to a publication.
In recent years, the band contributed their funds to the youth organization that supported their group, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally 1994 winners they gave their winnings to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was identified with the illness.
"Winning was ample," remarked singer Heather Small. "The cash was the extra but we could do without the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our victory touched another person's life."
Last week, the trust revealed it had protected several local spots in south-east England, by transferring them to community ownership.
The Joiners in that area and The Croft in Bristol were acquired under the public acquisition initiative, which is backed by the arts council and enthusiasts who buy "stakes" in the buildings.
