The star has handed over the entirety of his £25,000 Mercury Prize prize money to the trust for venues, which works to protect the UK's independent concert spaces.
Fender was given the prize on October 16 as his third album People Watching was declared the top album of the last 12 months.
Fender has chosen to donate the funds to the trust, in appreciation of the essential function grassroots venues fulfilled in his early career.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the shows I performed around the area, and further afield, when I was beginning," remarked Sam Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these locations have ceased operations – approximately 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, well-known musicians like Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by including a modest fee to their ticket prices, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Fender also participated, raising in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to assist 38 local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation helped spaces that were facing potential shutdown due to issues stemming from flooding, blazes and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Other venues obtained financial assistance in modernizing infrastructure and gear that directly benefitted performers and fans.
"The idea that funds from concerts in large arenas helps the independent spots, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has said.
The musician is among several artists to contribute his Mercury Prize prize money to good deeds.
When they earned the prize in 1996 for their album Different Class, lead singer Cocker declared that the band would donate their winnings to the charity War Child.
During 2002, musician Ms Dynamite divided her award between multiple organizations, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also gave a grand to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked new equipment," the artist shared with the media.
In recent years, the band contributed their prize money to the community center that developed their act, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Additionally winners that year the group contributed their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was diagnosed the illness.
"The victory was quite enough," said vocalist Small. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the cake. So our success affected somebody else's life."
In the past week, the MVT revealed it had saved a couple of local spots in the South East, by placing them under community ownership.
One venue in Southampton and The Croft in Bristol were purchased under the Own Our Venues program, which is funded by Arts Council England and music fans who buy "shares" in the venues.
