The star has handed over the entirety of his £25k Mercury Prize prize money to the trust for venues, which operates to save the Britain's grassroots live music spots.
He was awarded the prize on 16 October as his latest record his work was chosen as the top album of the past year.
Fender has opted to give the cash to the trust, in recognition of the essential function grassroots venues played in his early career.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it weren't for all the shows I played around the area, and further afield, when I was starting out," said Sam Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – roughly 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, top acts like Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by including a small levy to their admission fees, which benefits independent venues.
Fender also took part, collecting more than £100,000 on his live tour to support thirty-eight small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation helped venues that were confronting possible closure due to challenges stemming from water damage, blazes and personal losses, as well as permit problems, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces received funding support in upgrading facilities and gear that helped artists and audiences.
"The notion that money from shows in big venues helps the independent spots, where it begins for musicians like me, is just common sense," Fender has commented.
He is not the first artist to contribute his honor funds to charitable organizations.
In they earned the trophy in the mid-90s for their release Different Class, lead singer Cocker declared that the act would give their winnings to the organization War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer the artist shared her award among several good causes, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I contributed a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they needed new equipment," Ms Dynamite told outlets.
Two years ago, they gave their prize money to the local youth club that supported their group, alongside other independent music bodies.
Also winners that year they gave their award to a MS organization after a friend was diagnosed the illness.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," remarked artist Small. "The prize was the extra but we could do without the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our victory affected another person's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had rescued several small stages in the South East, by placing them under community ownership.
The first in that area and The Croft in Bristol were acquired under the community ownership initiative, which is backed by Arts Council England and music fans who purchase "shares" in the venues.
