The artist has given the full amount of his £25,000 Mercury Prize prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to preserve the UK's small live music spots.
The star was presented with the prize on mid-October as his third album the album was chosen as the outstanding release of the past year.
Fender has chosen to hand the money over to the trust, in appreciation of the essential function local spots had in his early career.
"I wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the shows I played around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," stated Sam Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – approximately 16% of the total UK scene.
Recently, top acts like the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which supports smaller concert halls.
Fender also joined in, collecting more than £100,000 on his recent tour to support numerous grassroots venues across the UK.
These funds assisted locations that were dealing with possible closure due to challenges arising from flooding, fires and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and sound issues.
Additional spaces obtained funding support in improving facilities and technical equipment that positively impacted performers and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from shows in large arenas helps the independent spots, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has stated.
He is not the first artist to contribute his Mercury Prize funds to good deeds.
When the band won the prize in 1996 for their record Different Class, frontman Jarvis Cocker declared that the band would donate their cash to the non-profit War Child.
In 2002, artist she split her bounty across several charities, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also donated a grand to my local community centre, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they required better apparatus," Ms Dynamite told outlets.
Previously, they donated their funds to the community center that supported their act, as well as other local music groups.
And the 1994 recipients M People gave their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was identified with the illness.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," stated artist Heather Small. "The cash was the extra but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the cake. So our victory touched the lives of others."
Recently, the MVT announced it had rescued a couple of grassroots venues in that region, by placing them under public stewardship.
One venue in the city and the second in that location were bought under the community ownership program, which is funded by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who acquire "shares" in the venues.
