The artist has given the entirety of his £25k Mercury Prize prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to preserve the UK's grassroots music venues.
Fender was awarded the award on October 16 as his new release the album was chosen as the outstanding release of the previous year.
The musician has opted to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the vital role local spots fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I personally wouldn't be doing this success if it wasn't for all the shows I did around the region, and beyond, when I was starting out," said Fender. "These venues are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these venues have permanently closed – roughly 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, top acts such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by applying a small levy to their ticket prices, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also participated, generating more than £100,000 on his live tour to assist thirty-eight grassroots venues across the UK.
The money supported venues that were dealing with possible closure due to issues caused by flooding, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and sound issues.
Additional spaces obtained monetary aid in upgrading facilities and gear that positively impacted musicians and concertgoers.
"The notion that money from concerts in major spaces backs the smaller venues, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has said.
He is among several artists to give his honor winnings to charitable organizations.
In they earned the prize in the mid-90s for their release Different Class, lead singer the singer announced that the band would give their prize money to the charity the charity.
During 2002, musician the artist divided her bounty across several good causes, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I gave a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they required better apparatus," she explained to the media.
In recent years, Ezra Collective contributed their prize money to the youth organization that developed their act, as well as other independent music bodies.
Also 1994 winners M People gave their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was found to have the condition.
"Winning was quite enough," said vocalist Heather Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't require the extra, because we had the cake. So our winning affected the lives of others."
Recently, the MVT revealed it had protected a couple of small stages in the South East, by bringing them into public stewardship.
One venue in that area and the second in the city were bought under the community ownership program, which is supported by Arts Council England and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the venues.
