The artist has given the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound Mercury Prize cash to the trust for venues, which works to preserve the UK's small music venues.
He was awarded the prize on mid-October as his third album the album was declared the outstanding release of the previous year.
He has chosen to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the essential function local spots played in his beginning days.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing this success if it wasn't for all the shows I played around the region, and further afield, when I was starting out," remarked Sam Fender. "These venues are renowned, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these locations have permanently closed – approximately 16% of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, top acts including Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its initiatives to help venues survive, by adding a small levy to their ticket prices, which benefits smaller concert halls.
He also joined in, generating over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to assist 38 small stages across the UK.
These funds assisted spaces that were facing possible closure due to issues caused by flooding, fires and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, court cases and sound issues.
Other venues received funding support in upgrading amenities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted musicians and concertgoers.
"The notion that funds from performances in big venues backs the local stages, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just logical," Fender has commented.
He is not the first artist to donate his Mercury Prize prize money to charitable organizations.
When they won the trophy in 1996 for their release their work, lead singer Jarvis Cocker declared that the band would contribute their prize money to the organization the charity.
In 2002, artist Ms Dynamite split her bounty across a few good causes, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I contributed a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked better apparatus," she told a publication.
In recent years, they gave their prize money to the local youth club that nurtured their act, alongside other independent music bodies.
Also the 1994 recipients they donated their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was found to have the disease.
"Winning was quite enough," stated artist the singer. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the cake. So our victory touched the lives of others."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust shared it had saved two grassroots venues in the South East, by placing them under local control.
One venue in the city and The Croft in that location were bought under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is funded by Arts Council England and music fans who acquire "stakes" in the properties.
