The star has given the complete sum of his £25,000 honor prize money to the MVT, which works to protect the United Kingdom's grassroots music venues.
Fender was presented with the cheque on October 16 as his third album the album was named the outstanding release of the past year.
He has chosen to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function grassroots venues had in his beginning days.
"I would not have achieved what I am doing today if it weren't for all the shows I did around the area, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," remarked Sam Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these locations have permanently closed – approximately 16 percent of the total UK scene.
Recently, major artists like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by adding a small levy to their admission fees, which goes to help local stages.
Sam Fender also joined in, collecting more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to help thirty-eight local spots across Britain.
These funds helped venues that were facing imminent closure due to issues stemming from flooding, fires and personal losses, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and sound issues.
Some locations were granted financial assistance in upgrading facilities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted artists and audiences.
"The concept that funds from shows in large arenas supports the independent spots, where it begins for performers like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has stated.
Fender is among several artists to donate his Mercury Prize winnings to charitable organizations.
When Pulp won the prize in 1996 for their record the album, vocalist the singer announced that the act would give their winnings to the charity War Child.
That year, musician she shared her bounty among multiple organizations, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I contributed a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked better apparatus," Ms Dynamite explained to a publication.
Two years ago, the band donated their winnings to the youth organization that nurtured their group, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Also 1994 winners the group donated their winnings to a MS organization after a friend was found to have the condition.
"The victory was sufficient," remarked singer Heather Small. "The money was the extra but we could do without the extra, because we had the main prize. So our success touched another person's life."
Last week, the trust revealed it had saved a couple of small stages in that region, by transferring them to local control.
The first in that area and the other in the city were bought under the community ownership program, which is backed by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who buy "stakes" in the properties.
