The artist has handed over the entirety of his £25k Mercury Prize prize money to the MVT, which works to protect the UK's grassroots music venues.
Fender was presented with the cheque on mid-October as his latest record the album was declared the best record of the past year.
The musician has decided to hand the money over to the trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function grassroots venues played in his initial steps.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing this success if it wasn't for all the gigs I played around the region, and beyond, when I was starting out," said Sam Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these venues have permanently closed – about 16 percent of the total UK scene.
In the last year, well-known musicians including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by adding a small levy to their ticket prices, which supports smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also participated, raising more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to assist numerous grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation assisted locations that were facing potential shutdown due to challenges caused by flooding, fires and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and noise complaints.
Some locations received funding support in modernizing amenities and technical equipment that helped artists and fans.
"The concept that funds from shows in large arenas helps the local stages, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just logical," Fender has commented.
He is not the first artist to donate his award prize money to charitable organizations.
In the band won the trophy in 1996 for their album their work, lead singer the singer declared that the band would contribute their winnings to the charity War Child.
During 2002, musician the artist shared her prize among a few good causes, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I contributed a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they required new equipment," she shared with a publication.
In recent years, the band gave their prize money to the community center that developed their act, as well as other independent music bodies.
And winners that year the group contributed their prize to a MS organization after a close contact was diagnosed the condition.
"The victory was ample," said vocalist the singer. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't need the extra, because we had the main prize. So our success affected another person's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust shared it had protected a couple of local spots in the South East, by bringing them into public stewardship.
One venue in that area and the other in that location were purchased under the community ownership program, which is funded by a national body and supporters who purchase "stakes" in the properties.
