The artist has given the full amount of his £25,000 Mercury Prize winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to protect the UK's independent live music spots.
Fender was presented with the cheque on October 16 as his third album People Watching was chosen as the top album of the last 12 months.
The musician has opted to donate the funds to the MVT, in appreciation of the vital role small stages had in his initial steps.
"I would not have achieved what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the shows I performed around the area, and beyond, when I was just getting going," stated Sam Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these spaces have shut down – about 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, top acts including the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its attempts to help venues survive, by including a small levy to their ticket prices, which supports smaller concert halls.
He also took part, generating over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to assist numerous small stages across Britain.
The donation assisted venues that were facing potential shutdown due to issues arising from flooding, blazes and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and noise complaints.
Other venues were granted monetary aid in upgrading facilities and gear that directly benefitted musicians and fans.
"The concept that funds from concerts in major spaces backs the local stages, where it all starts for performers like me, is just common sense," Fender has stated.
He is not the first artist to donate his honor funds to charitable organizations.
In the band won the prize in the year 1996 for their album their work, vocalist Cocker stated that the group would donate their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer she split her award among a few good causes, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also contributed a thousand pounds to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they required new equipment," she shared with the media.
In recent years, they gave their winnings to the local youth club that developed their band, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
And winners that year they contributed their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was diagnosed the illness.
"Winning was quite enough," stated artist Heather Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we could do without the extra, because we had the cake. So our victory impacted somebody else's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust announced it had protected a couple of local spots in south-east England, by placing them under community ownership.
The Joiners in that area and the second in Bristol were purchased under the public acquisition scheme, which is backed by the arts council and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the properties.
