The star has given the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound Mercury Prize cash to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the United Kingdom's grassroots concert spaces.
Fender was presented with the prize on 16 October as his latest record his work was chosen as the top album of the previous year.
Fender has decided to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function small stages had in his early career.
"As an artist would not have achieved what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the shows I performed around the area, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," remarked the artist. "These locations are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these locations have ceased operations – approximately one-sixth of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, major artists including the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by applying a small levy to their ticket prices, which benefits local stages.
Sam Fender also participated, generating over £100k on his live tour to help thirty-eight small stages across Britain.
These funds helped locations that were facing possible closure due to issues caused by floods, fires and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and noise complaints.
Other venues received financial assistance in modernizing amenities and gear that helped artists and concertgoers.
"The notion that funds from shows in big venues helps the smaller venues, where it all starts for artists like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to donate his Mercury Prize winnings to worthy causes.
In the band received the award in 1996 for their release their work, lead singer Cocker announced that the band would contribute their prize money to the charity War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer she split her bounty across multiple charities, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also contributed a £1,000 to the center, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they needed better apparatus," the artist explained to a publication.
Previously, the band gave their funds to the youth organization that supported their group, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally 1994 winners they contributed their award to a charity for MS after a close contact was found to have the illness.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," said artist Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the cake. So our winning touched the lives of others."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had protected several grassroots venues in that region, by placing them under community ownership.
The Joiners in Southampton and the second in Bristol were acquired under the community ownership program, which is backed by the arts council and music fans who acquire "ownership units" in the venues.
