The star has donated the full amount of his £25k Mercury Prize cash to the trust for venues, which works to protect the United Kingdom's grassroots music venues.
Fender was awarded the award on October 16 as his third album his work was chosen as the top album of the last 12 months.
Fender has decided to donate the funds to the trust, in appreciation of the essential function small stages played in his initial steps.
"I would not have achieved my current career if it wasn't for all the gigs I did around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," remarked Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these locations have shut down – approximately one-sixth of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, top acts including Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to support the industry, by applying a modest fee to their admission fees, which benefits local stages.
Sam Fender also participated, raising in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to support thirty-eight local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds helped spaces that were facing possible closure due to challenges arising from floods, fires and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and noise complaints.
Other venues were granted funding support in improving infrastructure and technical equipment that positively impacted performers and concertgoers.
"The idea that funds from shows in large arenas supports the local stages, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has said.
He is not the first artist to contribute his award winnings to worthy causes.
In the band received the trophy in 1996 for their album Different Class, vocalist Jarvis Cocker declared that the group would give their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer the artist shared her bounty between multiple organizations, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I contributed a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they needed updated gear," Ms Dynamite explained to the media.
Two years ago, they donated their winnings to the youth organization that supported their band, in addition to other local music groups.
And 1994 winners the group gave their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was diagnosed the disease.
"The victory was sufficient," remarked artist Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we could do without the cherry, because we had the honor. So our winning affected another person's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had rescued a couple of local spots in the South East, by bringing them into community ownership.
The first in Southampton and the second in the city were acquired under the community ownership initiative, which is backed by a national body and supporters who purchase "stakes" in the venues.
