The artist has donated the full amount of his £25,000 Mercury Prize prize money to the MVT, which operates to save the UK's independent music venues.
The star was presented with the prize on October 16 as his new release the album was chosen as the outstanding release of the past year.
The musician has decided to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function small stages had in his early career.
"I personally would not have achieved this success if it hadn't been for all the performances I played around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," remarked the artist. "These venues are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – approximately 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, top acts including Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by applying a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also participated, raising in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to support 38 grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money supported spaces that were confronting potential shutdown due to difficulties caused by flooding, blazes and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Additional spaces were granted monetary aid in improving amenities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted musicians and audiences.
"The concept that funds from shows in large arenas helps the local stages, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to give his honor winnings to charitable organizations.
Back when they received the prize in the mid-90s for their record Different Class, lead singer the singer declared that the act would donate their winnings to the non-profit the charity.
During 2002, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite divided her bounty across several charities, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I gave a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they required new equipment," she shared with the media.
Previously, Ezra Collective gave their funds to the community center that developed their act, as well as other independent music bodies.
And the 1994 recipients M People donated their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was diagnosed the disease.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," remarked vocalist Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't require the extra, because we had the main prize. So our winning impacted another person's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had protected several grassroots venues in the South East, by bringing them into public stewardship.
One venue in Southampton and the other in the city were purchased under the community ownership scheme, which is backed by a national body and enthusiasts who buy "stakes" in the properties.
