The star has donated the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound Mercury Prize prize money to the trust for venues, which works to save the Britain's grassroots music venues.
Fender was awarded the prize on mid-October as his latest record the album was chosen as the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
Fender has decided to give the cash to the trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function grassroots venues had in his initial steps.
"I wouldn't be doing this success if it weren't for all the shows I performed around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," said the artist. "These locations are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these venues have ceased operations – roughly one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, well-known musicians like the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its initiatives to help venues survive, by adding a small levy to their ticket costs, which benefits local stages.
Sam Fender also participated, generating more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to help thirty-eight grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money helped spaces that were confronting possible closure due to issues caused by floods, blazes and personal losses, as well as permit problems, conflicts and sound issues.
Some locations received financial assistance in upgrading infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that helped performers and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from concerts in big venues backs the smaller venues, where it begins for musicians like me, is just logical," Fender has stated.
The musician is not the first artist to give his honor prize money to charitable organizations.
When Pulp won the prize in the mid-90s for their record their work, lead singer the singer declared that the band would donate their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
That year, rapper and singer the artist divided her prize among multiple organizations, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I contributed a grand to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked better apparatus," the artist told a publication.
Previously, the band gave their winnings to the local youth club that developed their band, as well as other independent music bodies.
And the 1994 recipients M People gave their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was diagnosed the illness.
"The victory was quite enough," remarked vocalist Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the cake. So our success touched another person's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had rescued a couple of grassroots venues in the South East, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The first in that area and The Croft in Bristol were purchased under the Own Our Venues program, which is funded by Arts Council England and music fans who purchase "shares" in the venues.
