The star has donated the full amount of his £25,000 Mercury Prize prize money to the trust for venues, which operates to protect the United Kingdom's independent music venues.
He was presented with the cheque on 16 October as his third album his work was declared the top album of the last 12 months.
He has decided to hand the money over to the MVT, in recognition of the essential function local spots fulfilled in his initial steps.
"As an artist would not have achieved this success if it hadn't been for all the gigs I played around the region, and further afield, when I was beginning," stated Sam Fender. "These venues are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these locations have ceased operations – roughly 16% of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, major artists such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by adding a modest fee to their ticket costs, which goes to help local stages.
Sam Fender also took part, generating over £100k on his live tour to help thirty-eight grassroots venues across Britain.
The money supported locations that were facing imminent closure due to difficulties stemming from water damage, fires and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, court cases and noise complaints.
Additional spaces obtained financial assistance in upgrading infrastructure and gear that helped musicians and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from concerts in major spaces backs the independent spots, where it begins for performers like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has commented.
Fender is not the first artist to donate his award prize money to charitable organizations.
In Pulp earned the prize in the year 1996 for their record Different Class, frontman Jarvis Cocker declared that the group would give their prize money to the non-profit the charity.
During 2002, rapper and singer she shared her prize between multiple charities, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I contributed a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked better apparatus," she told outlets.
In recent years, Ezra Collective donated their funds to the youth organization that supported their act, in addition to other local music groups.
And winners that year M People gave their winnings to a charity for MS after a close contact was diagnosed the disease.
"Receiving the award was ample," remarked singer Heather Small. "The prize was the extra but we could do without the cherry, because we had the cake. So our success affected the lives of others."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had rescued two small stages in that region, by bringing them into local control.
The Joiners in that area and The Croft in that location were purchased under the public acquisition program, which is funded by a national body and enthusiasts who purchase "stakes" in the properties.
