The star has handed over the complete sum of his £25,000 Mercury Prize winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to save the United Kingdom's grassroots concert spaces.
Fender was awarded the cheque on 16 October as his new release the album was chosen as the best record of the previous year.
The musician has chosen to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the essential function grassroots venues fulfilled in his early career.
"I personally would not have achieved this success if it wasn't for all the gigs I did around the area, and further afield, when I was beginning," said Sam Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have permanently closed – about one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, well-known musicians like the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by applying a small levy to their admission fees, which goes to help independent venues.
He also participated, generating over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to support thirty-eight grassroots venues across Britain.
The money assisted spaces that were facing possible closure due to issues caused by water damage, blazes and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Additional spaces were granted funding support in upgrading facilities and technical equipment that positively impacted performers and concertgoers.
"The notion that money from performances in major spaces helps the local stages, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has said.
The musician is among several artists to give his award funds to good deeds.
When the band received the trophy in 1996 for their album Different Class, frontman the singer stated that the act would give their winnings to the charity War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer she divided her award between a few good causes, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I donated a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they required updated gear," Ms Dynamite explained to the media.
Previously, Ezra Collective donated their prize money to the local youth club that developed their act, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally 1994 winners M People gave their winnings to a MS organization after a acquaintance was diagnosed the disease.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," stated artist Heather Small. "The prize was the extra but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the cake. So our victory impacted somebody else's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had saved two small stages in south-east England, by bringing them into community ownership.
The first in the city and the other in the city were bought under the public acquisition initiative, which is supported by a national body and supporters who purchase "ownership units" in the properties.
