The star has donated the complete sum of his £25,000 Mercury Prize cash to the MVT, which operates to save the UK's grassroots music venues.
The star was awarded the award on October 16 as his latest record the album was declared the top album of the past year.
Fender has decided to hand the money over to the MVT, in recognition of the vital role grassroots venues played in his initial steps.
"I personally wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the shows I played around the region, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," said Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these venues have permanently closed – roughly 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, top acts including the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by adding a small levy to their ticket prices, which goes to help local stages.
Sam Fender also took part, generating over £100k on his recent tour to support 38 small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money assisted locations that were dealing with potential shutdown due to challenges arising from flooding, fires and bereavements, as well as permit problems, court cases and sound issues.
Some locations received funding support in modernizing infrastructure and gear that helped musicians and fans.
"The idea that revenue from performances in big venues backs the local stages, where it begins for artists like me, is just sensible," the star has stated.
The musician is not the first artist to donate his Mercury Prize prize money to worthy causes.
When Pulp earned the trophy in the mid-90s for their album their work, lead singer the singer declared that the band would donate their cash to the organization the charity.
During 2002, musician she shared her award between multiple organizations, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I donated a grand to my local community centre, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked better apparatus," the artist explained to outlets.
In recent years, the band donated their winnings to the youth organization that nurtured their group, alongside other local music groups.
Additionally 1994 winners M People contributed their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was found to have the disease.
"Winning was sufficient," stated artist Heather Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't need the extra, because we had the main prize. So our winning impacted another person's life."
In the past week, the MVT shared it had protected two small stages in that region, by placing them under community ownership.
The Joiners in that area and the second in the city were purchased under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is supported by a national body and music fans who acquire "ownership units" in the venues.
