The star has donated the complete sum of his £25k Mercury Prize cash to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to protect the United Kingdom's grassroots music venues.
Fender was awarded the cheque on 16 October as his new release the album was chosen as the best record of the past year.
The musician has opted to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the essential function grassroots venues played in his beginning days.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing my current career if it wasn't for all the gigs I played around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," stated Sam Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these venues have ceased operations – roughly 16% of the entire UK sector.
Recently, well-known musicians including the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by applying a modest fee to their ticket costs, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
He also participated, generating in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to assist numerous small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money helped locations that were facing potential shutdown due to difficulties stemming from flooding, fires and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Other venues obtained funding support in modernizing amenities and technical equipment that directly benefitted performers and audiences.
"The concept that revenue from shows in big venues helps the independent spots, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to donate his award prize money to worthy causes.
In Pulp received the award in the year 1996 for their release the album, lead singer Cocker stated that the band would donate their prize money to the organization War Child.
That year, rapper and singer she divided her bounty among several charities, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also donated a thousand pounds to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they needed updated gear," Ms Dynamite shared with the media.
In recent years, they gave their prize money to the youth organization that nurtured their band, alongside other local music groups.
And the 1994 recipients the group donated their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was diagnosed the illness.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," remarked singer Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the honor. So our success impacted somebody else's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had rescued a couple of small stages in south-east England, by transferring them to community ownership.
The Joiners in Southampton and the second in the city were bought under the public acquisition initiative, which is backed by a national body and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.
