The artist has donated the entirety of his £25,000 Mercury Prize prize money to the MVT, which works to preserve the UK's grassroots concert spaces.
Fender was awarded the award on 16 October as his latest record the album was chosen as the top album of the previous year.
He has opted to donate the funds to the MVT, in appreciation of the vital role grassroots venues played in his early career.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing my current career if it wasn't for all the shows I performed around the area, and beyond, when I was starting out," said Sam Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have shut down – roughly one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, top acts including the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by adding a small levy to their ticket prices, which supports smaller concert halls.
He also joined in, collecting more than £100,000 on his live tour to help numerous local spots across the UK.
The money supported spaces that were facing possible closure due to difficulties stemming from flooding, blazes and personal losses, as well as permit problems, court cases and sound issues.
Some locations were granted financial assistance in improving infrastructure and technical equipment that positively impacted musicians and fans.
"The notion that money from concerts in major spaces backs the local stages, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just logical," the star has stated.
He is far from the only musician to give his award funds to charitable organizations.
In the band received the award in 1996 for their record the album, frontman Jarvis Cocker declared that the group would donate their cash to the charity War Child.
That year, rapper and singer the artist shared her bounty across a few organizations, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also gave a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked new equipment," Ms Dynamite told outlets.
In recent years, Ezra Collective gave their prize money to the community center that nurtured their group, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Also winners that year they contributed their award to a MS organization after a acquaintance was diagnosed the condition.
"The victory was sufficient," stated vocalist Heather Small. "The money was the bonus but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the cake. So our victory impacted somebody else's life."
Recently, the trust revealed it had saved several small stages in that region, by placing them under local control.
The Joiners in that area and The Croft in Bristol were bought under the public acquisition scheme, which is backed by Arts Council England and supporters who acquire "stakes" in the properties.
