The star has donated the complete sum of his £25k Mercury Prize winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which works to protect the UK's grassroots concert spaces.
He was awarded the cheque on October 16 as his third album his work was chosen as the top album of the last 12 months.
He has chosen to give the cash to the MVT, in appreciation of the vital role small stages had in his beginning days.
"As an artist would not have achieved this success if it wasn't for all the performances I did around the area, and beyond, when I was starting out," stated Sam Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – roughly 16 percent of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, top acts including the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a small levy to their admission fees, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Fender also participated, generating more than £100,000 on his live tour to help thirty-eight local spots across Britain.
These funds helped locations that were dealing with imminent closure due to difficulties stemming from floods, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as permit problems, conflicts and noise complaints.
Other venues obtained monetary aid in improving facilities and sound and lighting systems that helped performers and fans.
"The notion that funds from concerts in big venues helps the local stages, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just common sense," Fender has commented.
Fender is far from the only musician to contribute his honor winnings to worthy causes.
When they received the prize in the mid-90s for their album their work, frontman Jarvis Cocker declared that the band would give their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
That year, artist she divided her prize between a few charities, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I gave a grand to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they needed updated gear," the artist explained to the media.
In recent years, Ezra Collective donated their winnings to the community center that supported their act, as well as other local music groups.
Additionally 1994 winners they donated their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was identified with the disease.
"The victory was ample," said singer Small. "The money was the bonus but we could do without the cherry, because we had the honor. So our victory affected somebody else's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust shared it had rescued a couple of grassroots venues in the South East, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The first in the city and The Croft in Bristol were bought under the community ownership scheme, which is funded by a national body and music fans who purchase "shares" in the buildings.
