The artist has given the complete sum of his £25,000 Mercury Prize cash to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to protect the UK's grassroots live music spots.
Fender was given the award on mid-October as his new release his work was chosen as the top album of the last 12 months.
Fender has opted to donate the funds to the trust, in appreciation of the vital role grassroots venues fulfilled in his initial steps.
"I personally wouldn't be doing this success if it weren't for all the shows I performed around the region, and beyond, when I was starting out," said Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have shut down – about 16 percent of the total UK scene.
Recently, well-known musicians like the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by including a small levy to their ticket costs, which benefits independent venues.
Fender also joined in, collecting more than £100,000 on his recent tour to assist thirty-eight local spots across the UK.
These funds supported locations that were confronting potential shutdown due to difficulties stemming from flooding, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and noise complaints.
Other venues obtained monetary aid in improving amenities and technical equipment that helped performers and concertgoers.
"The notion that funds from concerts in large arenas helps the independent spots, where it begins for performers like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to donate his honor funds to good deeds.
In Pulp earned the award in the year 1996 for their record Different Class, vocalist the singer stated that the band would give their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
That year, rapper and singer she split her bounty among a few good causes, including the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I donated a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they needed updated gear," she told a publication.
Two years ago, the band donated their prize money to the local youth club that supported their act, alongside other local music groups.
Additionally winners that year M People donated their award to a MS organization after a close contact was diagnosed the disease.
"Winning was quite enough," remarked vocalist Small. "The money was the bonus but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the honor. So our winning affected the lives of others."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had rescued two grassroots venues in the South East, by transferring them to local control.
The Joiners in that area and the second in that location were purchased under the Own Our Venues program, which is supported by a national body and supporters who buy "stakes" in the venues.
