The star has given the full amount of his £25k Mercury Prize winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which works to save the Britain's independent concert spaces.
The star was presented with the prize on mid-October as his third album the album was chosen as the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
He has opted to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part small stages played in his beginning days.
"As an artist would not have achieved this success if it hadn't been for all the gigs I played around the region, and beyond, when I was starting out," stated the artist. "These locations are legendary, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these venues have permanently closed – about 16% of the entire UK sector.
Recently, top acts including Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to support the industry, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which goes to help independent venues.
Fender also joined in, generating over £100k on his live tour to assist 38 local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money supported locations that were confronting possible closure due to issues arising from floods, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Other venues received monetary aid in improving facilities and technical equipment that directly benefitted performers and fans.
"The concept that money from concerts in major spaces helps the independent spots, where it begins for performers like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has commented.
Fender is not the first artist to give his award prize money to worthy causes.
In they received the award in 1996 for their release the album, frontman Cocker stated that the group would give their prize money to the non-profit the charity.
During 2002, artist she split her bounty between multiple charities, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I contributed a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they needed updated gear," she told outlets.
In recent years, they donated their winnings to the youth organization that developed their band, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
And winners that year they donated their prize to a MS organization after a acquaintance was diagnosed the condition.
"Receiving the award was ample," said vocalist Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our success touched another person's life."
Last week, the trust announced it had saved several local spots in the South East, by bringing them into local control.
The first in that area and the second in the city were purchased under the community ownership scheme, which is funded by Arts Council England and music fans who acquire "stakes" in the buildings.
