The star has donated the entirety of his £25,000 Mercury Prize prize money to the MVT, which works to save the United Kingdom's grassroots music venues.
Fender was awarded the award on October 16 as his latest record his work was chosen as the best record of the previous year.
The musician has opted to hand the money over to the trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function small stages had in his beginning days.
"As an artist would not have achieved what I am doing today if it weren't for all the performances I did around the region, and further afield, when I was starting out," stated the artist. "These venues are legendary, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these locations have shut down – roughly 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, major artists such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which benefits independent venues.
Sam Fender also joined in, raising in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to support 38 local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money assisted venues that were confronting potential shutdown due to challenges caused by water damage, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Other venues received funding support in improving infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted artists and concertgoers.
"The idea that funds from performances in major spaces supports the smaller venues, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just common sense," the star has stated.
Fender is far from the only musician to give his award prize money to charitable organizations.
Back when Pulp won the prize in the mid-90s for their release the album, frontman Jarvis Cocker declared that the group would donate their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
That year, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite split her prize between several charities, including the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I gave a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed better apparatus," she explained to the media.
Two years ago, the band contributed their funds to the youth organization that supported their band, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally winners that year the group contributed their award to a MS organization after a acquaintance was diagnosed the illness.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," said vocalist Heather Small. "The prize was the extra but we could do without the cherry, because we had the cake. So our winning affected the lives of others."
Recently, the MVT shared it had protected a couple of local spots in the South East, by bringing them into community ownership.
The Joiners in the city and The Croft in the city were bought under the Own Our Venues program, which is supported by the arts council and enthusiasts who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.
