The star has handed over the full amount of his £25k Mercury Prize prize money to the MVT, which works to preserve the UK's grassroots concert spaces.
The star was presented with the cheque on 16 October as his third album the album was named the outstanding release of the past year.
Fender has chosen to hand the money over to the MVT, in recognition of the crucial part grassroots venues played in his beginning days.
"I couldn't be pursuing my current career if it weren't for all the gigs I did around the North East, and further afield, when I was just getting going," stated Sam Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these locations have shut down – roughly 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, well-known musicians including Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its attempts to help venues survive, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which goes to help independent venues.
Fender also joined in, collecting more than £100,000 on his live tour to support thirty-eight grassroots venues across the UK.
These funds assisted spaces that were confronting potential shutdown due to challenges stemming from floods, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as permit problems, court cases and sound issues.
Some locations were granted financial assistance in modernizing amenities and gear that directly benefitted artists and fans.
"The concept that revenue from shows in large arenas helps the independent spots, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has said.
Fender is far from the only musician to donate his honor prize money to good deeds.
In Pulp won the prize in the year 1996 for their release their work, vocalist Cocker stated that the group would give their cash to the organization War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer the artist shared her prize between multiple charities, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I gave a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they required updated gear," Ms Dynamite shared with a publication.
In recent years, the band donated their winnings to the local youth club that developed their act, in addition to other local music groups.
Additionally winners that year M People donated their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was diagnosed the condition.
"Winning was ample," said singer Small. "The prize was the extra but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the honor. So our victory impacted somebody else's life."
Recently, the MVT revealed it had saved two grassroots venues in that region, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The Joiners in that area and The Croft in Bristol were acquired under the community ownership scheme, which is supported by Arts Council England and supporters who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.
