The artist has donated the full amount of his £25,000 Mercury Prize prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to preserve the United Kingdom's independent music venues.
Fender was awarded the prize on 16 October as his latest record the album was named the top album of the last 12 months.
He has chosen to donate the funds to the trust, in recognition of the crucial part local spots had in his early career.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it weren't for all the performances I played around the area, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," stated Fender. "These venues are renowned, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have ceased operations – about 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, top acts such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its attempts to support the industry, by applying a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which benefits independent venues.
Fender also took part, generating more than £100,000 on his live tour to assist thirty-eight small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money assisted spaces that were facing imminent closure due to challenges stemming from water damage, fires and bereavements, as well as permit problems, court cases and noise complaints.
Other venues were granted monetary aid in improving facilities and gear that directly benefitted artists and audiences.
"The notion that revenue from performances in big venues supports the smaller venues, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has said.
He is not the first artist to give his honor winnings to good deeds.
In the band received the prize in 1996 for their record Different Class, vocalist the singer stated that the group would give their winnings to the charity War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer she split her award among several charities, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also donated a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they required updated gear," she told outlets.
Previously, they gave their prize money to the local youth club that supported their band, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Additionally the 1994 recipients M People contributed their award to a MS organization after a friend was found to have the illness.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," remarked vocalist Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we could do without the extra, because we had the main prize. So our winning touched another person's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had saved two grassroots venues in south-east England, by transferring them to local control.
The first in Southampton and the second in Bristol were bought under the community ownership program, which is backed by the arts council and supporters who purchase "stakes" in the properties.
