The star has given the full amount of his £25k Mercury Prize prize money to the MVT, which works to protect the Britain's independent live music spots.
The star was awarded the prize on mid-October as his new release the album was declared the outstanding release of the past year.
Fender has opted to give the cash to the trust, in appreciation of the crucial part grassroots venues had in his early career.
"As an artist would not have achieved what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the gigs I performed around the region, and further afield, when I was beginning," remarked Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – about 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, well-known musicians like the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by adding a small levy to their ticket costs, which benefits local stages.
Fender also participated, generating more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to help 38 grassroots venues across Britain.
These funds supported spaces that were dealing with potential shutdown due to challenges stemming from water damage, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and neighbor objections.
Some locations were granted funding support in modernizing infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted musicians and concertgoers.
"The concept that money from performances in large arenas backs the smaller venues, where it begins for artists like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has stated.
Fender is not the first artist to donate his award prize money to good deeds.
When the band received the trophy in the mid-90s for their release the album, frontman the singer stated that the group would donate their prize money to the charity the charity.
That year, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite split her award between multiple organizations, including the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I donated a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they needed updated gear," the artist explained to outlets.
Two years ago, the band donated their funds to the youth organization that nurtured their group, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
Also winners that year they contributed their prize to a charity for MS after a close contact was identified with the disease.
"The victory was sufficient," stated singer Heather Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the cake. So our success impacted the lives of others."
In the past week, the MVT revealed it had saved a couple of local spots in south-east England, by bringing them into local control.
The Joiners in the city and The Croft in the city were bought under the community ownership initiative, which is backed by the arts council and supporters who acquire "ownership units" in the buildings.
