The star has handed over the full amount of his £25,000 Mercury Prize winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to protect the UK's small concert spaces.
The star was awarded the award on mid-October as his latest record the album was chosen as the outstanding release of the previous year.
The musician has opted to hand the money over to the trust, in recognition of the essential function local spots played in his initial steps.
"I wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the gigs I did around the region, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," said Sam Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these locations have permanently closed – about 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, well-known musicians like Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by applying a small levy to their ticket prices, which goes to help local stages.
Sam Fender also joined in, raising over £100k on his recent tour to help 38 small stages across Britain.
These funds supported spaces that were confronting potential shutdown due to challenges arising from floods, fires and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, court cases and noise complaints.
Other venues obtained monetary aid in modernizing facilities and sound and lighting systems that helped performers and audiences.
"The concept that money from shows in major spaces backs the local stages, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just sensible," the star has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to donate his award prize money to charitable organizations.
In they earned the trophy in the year 1996 for their album Different Class, frontman Cocker declared that the group would contribute their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
That year, musician Ms Dynamite shared her bounty between several good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I contributed a grand to the center, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked new equipment," she shared with outlets.
Two years ago, they contributed their prize money to the community center that nurtured their band, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Also winners that year M People gave their winnings to a MS organization after a close contact was identified with the illness.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," remarked vocalist Small. "The prize was the bonus 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 a couple of small stages in south-east England, by transferring them to community ownership.
The Joiners in the city and The Croft in the city were bought under the community ownership scheme, which is backed by the arts council and supporters who acquire "shares" in the venues.
