The star has given the entirety of his £25,000 Mercury Prize cash to the trust for venues, which functions to protect the Britain's small concert spaces.
Fender was given the award on 16 October as his new release People Watching was declared the top album of the past year.
The musician has chosen to hand the money over to the trust, in appreciation of the crucial part grassroots venues fulfilled in his beginning days.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it weren't for all the gigs I performed around the North East, and beyond, when I was starting out," remarked Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these venues have permanently closed – about 16% of the entire UK sector.
Recently, major artists such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by adding a modest fee to their ticket costs, which benefits local stages.
He also joined in, generating in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to help numerous local spots across Britain.
The donation supported venues that were confronting possible closure due to challenges caused by water damage, blazes and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and sound issues.
Some locations obtained financial assistance in improving amenities and gear that directly benefitted musicians and concertgoers.
"The concept that revenue from shows in major spaces supports the smaller venues, where it begins for performers like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is far from the only musician to contribute his honor prize money to worthy causes.
When they earned the trophy in the mid-90s for their record the album, frontman Cocker declared that the group would contribute their winnings to the charity War Child.
During 2002, artist she shared her prize between a few organizations, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I donated a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they required new equipment," the artist told a publication.
Two years ago, the band donated their prize money to the youth organization that nurtured their act, in addition to other independent music bodies.
And winners that year the group gave their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was identified with the illness.
"Receiving the award was ample," said vocalist Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we could do without the extra, because we had the main prize. So our winning touched somebody else's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had protected several small stages in that region, by placing them under community ownership.
The Joiners in that area and the second in Bristol were purchased under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is funded by the arts council and supporters who purchase "stakes" in the buildings.
