The artist has donated the full amount of his £25,000 Mercury Prize winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to protect the Britain's independent live music spots.
Fender was presented with the prize on mid-October as his latest record his work was named the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
He has chosen to hand the money over to the trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role small stages fulfilled in his initial steps.
"I wouldn't be doing my current career if it weren't for all the shows I played around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," said Sam Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – roughly 16% of the total UK scene.
In the last year, well-known musicians including the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by adding a modest fee to their admission fees, which goes to help local stages.
Sam Fender also took part, collecting more than £100,000 on his live tour to support 38 grassroots venues across the UK.
The donation helped spaces that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties stemming from flooding, fires and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Some locations received financial assistance in improving infrastructure and gear that positively impacted artists and concertgoers.
"The notion that funds from performances in large arenas helps the smaller venues, where it all starts for performers like me, is just logical," Fender has stated.
Fender is not the first artist to contribute his Mercury Prize prize money to good deeds.
When the band received the trophy in the year 1996 for their record their work, frontman the singer declared that the band would give their prize money to the organization War Child.
During 2002, musician she shared her award between a few good causes, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I donated a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked better apparatus," Ms Dynamite told outlets.
Previously, the band donated their funds to the local youth club that supported their band, alongside other local music groups.
And winners that year the group gave their prize to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was diagnosed the condition.
"Winning was quite enough," stated artist Small. "The prize was the extra but we didn't require the extra, because we had the honor. So our success touched somebody else's life."
In the past week, the MVT shared it had rescued several grassroots venues in the South East, by placing them under public stewardship.
One venue in that area and the other in the city were bought under the community ownership initiative, which is supported by the arts council and supporters who purchase "stakes" in the venues.
