The star has donated the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound Mercury Prize winnings to the trust for venues, which functions to save the Britain's independent live music spots.
Fender was presented with the cheque on October 16 as his third album the album was named the best record of the past year.
The musician has chosen to hand the money over to the trust, in recognition of the essential function small stages had in his early career.
"I wouldn't be doing this success if it weren't for all the gigs I did around the North East, and beyond, when I was starting out," said the artist. "These locations are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these locations have permanently closed – about one-sixth of the total UK scene.
Recently, well-known musicians like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by including a modest fee to their admission fees, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also joined in, raising more than £100,000 on his recent tour to help thirty-eight grassroots venues across the UK.
These funds supported venues that were dealing with imminent closure due to issues stemming from flooding, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as permit problems, court cases and noise complaints.
Other venues obtained monetary aid in improving infrastructure and gear that helped performers and audiences.
"The idea that revenue from shows in major spaces helps the smaller venues, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just common sense," Fender has stated.
Fender is not the first artist to give his honor prize money to worthy causes.
When they earned the trophy in 1996 for their record the album, vocalist Cocker announced that the band would give their prize money to the organization War Child.
That year, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite split her bounty between several organizations, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I gave a £1,000 to the center, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed better apparatus," the artist shared with outlets.
In recent years, the band donated their winnings to the community center that supported their band, in addition to other independent music bodies.
And winners that year M People contributed their winnings to a MS organization after a acquaintance was diagnosed the condition.
"Winning was quite enough," said vocalist the singer. "The money was the bonus but we could do without the extra, because we had the honor. So our winning affected the lives of others."
Recently, the trust shared it had saved several grassroots venues in the South East, by bringing them into local control.
The Joiners in Southampton and the second in the city were acquired under the community ownership program, which is backed by Arts Council England and supporters who buy "shares" in the venues.
