The star has handed over the entirety of his £25,000 Mercury Prize cash to the trust for venues, which functions to save the UK's grassroots music venues.
Fender was presented with the cheque on October 16 as his third album his work was chosen as the top album of the last 12 months.
The musician has chosen to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the crucial part grassroots venues played in his early career.
"I would not have achieved my current career if it wasn't for all the shows I performed around the region, and further afield, when I was starting out," stated the artist. "These spaces are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have permanently closed – about 16% of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, top acts including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by including a modest fee to their ticket costs, which goes to help independent venues.
Sam Fender also participated, collecting more than £100,000 on his live tour to help 38 grassroots venues across the UK.
The donation assisted venues that were confronting imminent closure due to challenges arising from floods, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and sound issues.
Some locations obtained financial assistance in upgrading infrastructure and gear that directly benefitted performers and concertgoers.
"The notion that revenue from performances in big venues backs the local stages, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just sensible," Fender has commented.
Fender is among several artists to give his award winnings to good deeds.
Back when Pulp earned the award in the year 1996 for their release the album, frontman Cocker stated that the band would give their cash to the organization the charity.
During 2002, rapper and singer the artist divided her bounty between several organizations, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also contributed a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they required updated gear," the artist told the media.
Two years ago, they donated their prize money to the local youth club that supported their band, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally 1994 winners they contributed their prize to a MS organization after a close contact was diagnosed the condition.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," remarked singer Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the cake. So our winning affected the lives of others."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had protected several grassroots venues in south-east England, by placing them under local control.
The first in the city and the other in that location were acquired under the community ownership program, which is backed by Arts Council England and music fans who buy "ownership units" in the venues.
