The artist has given the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound Mercury Prize cash to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to preserve the Britain's independent concert spaces.
Fender was given the prize on 16 October as his third album his work was named the outstanding release of the previous year.
The musician has decided to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the vital role local spots had in his initial steps.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the performances I did around the area, and further afield, when I was starting out," remarked Sam Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these locations have shut down – approximately 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, major artists including Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the trust in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a small levy to their ticket costs, which goes to help local stages.
He also participated, collecting over £100k on his recent tour to assist 38 small stages across the UK.
The money helped spaces that were dealing with imminent closure due to difficulties caused by floods, fires and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Other venues obtained financial assistance in improving facilities and technical equipment that directly benefitted artists and fans.
"The concept that revenue from performances in big venues helps the local stages, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just common sense," Fender has said.
The musician is among several artists to contribute his award funds to charitable organizations.
Back when the band earned the award in the mid-90s for their album Different Class, lead singer the singer announced that the group would contribute their cash to the charity War Child.
In 2002, artist Ms Dynamite split her award across a few charities, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I contributed a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked better apparatus," the artist shared with outlets.
In recent years, Ezra Collective donated their winnings to the community center that supported their band, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
And winners that year they gave their prize to a MS organization after a friend was diagnosed the illness.
"The victory was ample," remarked artist Heather Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the cake. So our victory affected the lives of others."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had protected several local spots in that region, by bringing them into community ownership.
The first in that area and the other in the city were acquired under the Own Our Venues program, which is funded by the arts council and music fans who acquire "shares" in the venues.
