The star has handed over the entirety of his £25,000 Mercury Prize winnings to the MVT, which functions to protect the United Kingdom's grassroots music venues.
Fender was awarded the award on October 16 as his latest record People Watching was declared the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
He has decided to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the vital role local spots played in his early career.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the shows I played around the area, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," said Sam Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these venues have shut down – about 16 percent of the total UK scene.
Recently, top acts such as Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by including a small levy to their ticket costs, which supports local stages.
He also participated, collecting more than £100,000 on his recent tour to assist numerous local spots across the UK.
The donation assisted locations that were confronting potential shutdown due to issues arising from floods, fires and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Some locations received financial assistance in modernizing amenities and technical equipment that positively impacted performers and concertgoers.
"The notion that money from concerts in big venues backs the local stages, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just sensible," the star has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to donate his Mercury Prize prize money to worthy causes.
In the band earned the trophy in the mid-90s for their release Different Class, vocalist Cocker announced that the band would contribute their prize money to the charity War Child.
That year, musician she split her prize across several good causes, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I donated a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked better apparatus," the artist shared with the media.
Two years ago, the band donated their funds to the youth organization that developed their act, alongside other local music groups.
Also the 1994 recipients they donated their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was found to have the illness.
"Winning was sufficient," stated vocalist Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't require the extra, because we had the honor. So our victory touched the lives of others."
In the past week, the trust announced it had saved several local spots in that region, by transferring them to local control.
The Joiners in the city and The Croft in the city were acquired under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is backed by a national body and supporters who buy "shares" in the buildings.
