The star has handed over the complete sum of his £25,000 Mercury Prize winnings to the MVT, which works to save the United Kingdom's small live music spots.
He was given the award on mid-October as his new release his work was declared the top album of the last 12 months.
Fender has decided to donate the funds to the trust, in recognition of the crucial part small stages had in his initial steps.
"I personally would not have achieved this success if it weren't for all the shows I played around the region, and beyond, when I was starting out," stated Sam Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these venues have shut down – roughly 16% of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, top acts including Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its efforts to support the industry, by applying a modest fee to their admission fees, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also took part, collecting over £100k on his live tour to help 38 small stages across Britain.
The money helped locations that were confronting imminent closure due to difficulties caused by floods, fires and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, court cases and noise complaints.
Additional spaces obtained monetary aid in modernizing facilities and gear that directly benefitted artists and fans.
"The notion that funds from shows in major spaces backs the local stages, where it begins for artists like me, is just logical," Fender has said.
Fender is among several artists to give his Mercury Prize prize money to charitable organizations.
Back when they received the prize in the mid-90s for their release Different Class, lead singer Jarvis Cocker announced that the band would give their prize money to the charity War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer the artist split her prize across a few organizations, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I gave a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they required new equipment," the artist explained to a publication.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective donated their winnings to the community center that developed their group, as well as other local music groups.
Additionally winners that year they gave their prize to a MS organization after a close contact was found to have the disease.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," said singer Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our winning touched the lives of others."
In the past week, the MVT announced it had protected several local spots in that region, by bringing them into local control.
The Joiners in that area and the other in the city were bought under the Own Our Venues program, which is backed by the arts council and music fans who acquire "shares" in the venues.
