The star has given the full amount of his £25k Mercury Prize winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which works to preserve the UK's grassroots concert spaces.
Fender was given the cheque on mid-October as his new release his work was named the best record of the past year.
The musician has decided to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the vital role grassroots venues played in his beginning days.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the performances I played around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," said Fender. "These venues are renowned, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have shut down – roughly 16 percent of the total UK scene.
Recently, top acts including the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its efforts to support the industry, by including a small levy to their admission fees, which benefits local stages.
Sam Fender also joined in, generating over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to help numerous small stages across the UK.
These funds helped spaces that were facing potential shutdown due to challenges caused by water damage, fires and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and noise complaints.
Some locations received monetary aid in upgrading facilities and gear that positively impacted performers and fans.
"The concept that money from concerts in major spaces backs the independent spots, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has commented.
Fender is not the first artist to give his honor funds to charitable organizations.
When the band earned the award in the year 1996 for their record Different Class, frontman Cocker declared that the act would give their prize money to the charity War Child.
During 2002, artist Ms Dynamite shared her prize among multiple organizations, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I gave a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked better apparatus," Ms Dynamite shared with outlets.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective donated their prize money to the local youth club that supported their group, as well as other independent music bodies.
And 1994 winners the group contributed their prize to a charity for MS after a friend was identified with the disease.
"Winning was quite enough," remarked singer Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the honor. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
Recently, the MVT announced it had rescued two grassroots venues in south-east England, by placing them under community ownership.
One venue in Southampton and the other in that location were acquired under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is backed by the arts council and music fans who acquire "stakes" in the properties.
