The star has handed over the complete sum of his £25,000 honor prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which works to save the United Kingdom's grassroots concert spaces.
The star was presented with the prize on mid-October as his new release his work was chosen as the best record of the previous year.
Fender has decided to donate the funds to the MVT, in appreciation of the essential function small stages played in his early career.
"I wouldn't be doing my current career if it hadn't been for all the performances I performed around the area, and beyond, when I was just getting going," said Sam Fender. "These venues are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these locations have permanently closed – about one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, top acts such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to support the industry, by adding a small levy to their admission fees, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Fender also joined in, collecting over £100k on his recent tour to support thirty-eight small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money assisted locations that were facing potential shutdown due to difficulties stemming from water damage, fires and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and sound issues.
Other venues received financial assistance in upgrading facilities and technical equipment that directly benefitted artists and audiences.
"The notion that funds from shows in big venues helps the independent spots, where it all starts for artists like me, is just common sense," Fender has said.
Fender is among several artists to donate his Mercury Prize prize money to worthy causes.
In they earned the award in the mid-90s for their record Different Class, frontman Jarvis Cocker declared that the group would give their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
That year, musician she shared her award between multiple good causes, including the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I contributed a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed better apparatus," she shared with the media.
In recent years, Ezra Collective contributed their winnings to the local youth club that supported their act, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
Also 1994 winners they gave their prize to a charity for MS after a close contact was found to have the illness.
"Winning was ample," stated artist Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't require the extra, because we had the main prize. So our victory impacted the lives of others."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust shared it had rescued several small stages in south-east England, by placing them under community ownership.
The first in Southampton and The Croft in the city were acquired under the Own Our Venues program, which is supported by the arts council and enthusiasts who buy "stakes" in the venues.