The star has given the entirety of his £25k Mercury Prize winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to preserve the UK's small concert spaces.
The star was presented with the cheque on 16 October as his latest record the album was declared the best record of the past year.
He has decided to donate the funds to the trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role grassroots venues played in his initial steps.
"I personally would not have achieved what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the performances I performed around the area, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," stated Sam Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have ceased operations – about 16 percent of the total UK scene.
In the last year, major artists including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by including a modest fee to their ticket costs, which supports smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also joined in, generating over £100k on his live tour to assist numerous local spots across the UK.
The money assisted spaces that were confronting possible closure due to difficulties stemming from flooding, fires and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and sound issues.
Other venues received financial assistance in modernizing infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted artists and concertgoers.
"The idea that money from concerts in major spaces helps the independent spots, where it all starts for performers like me, is just logical," Fender has said.
He is not the first artist to contribute his Mercury Prize prize money to worthy causes.
When Pulp won the award in the year 1996 for their release the album, frontman Cocker declared that the act would contribute their cash to the charity the charity.
That year, musician Ms Dynamite split her award across multiple good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I gave a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they required new equipment," Ms Dynamite told outlets.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective contributed their prize money to the youth organization that supported their band, alongside other independent music bodies.
Additionally the 1994 recipients the group gave their prize to a MS organization after a friend was diagnosed the illness.
"The victory was quite enough," said artist the singer. "The prize was the bonus but we could do without the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our success touched somebody else's life."
In the past week, the MVT announced it had protected a couple of grassroots venues in south-east England, by bringing them into public stewardship.
One venue in the city and The Croft in that location were bought under the community ownership scheme, which is backed by the arts council and music fans who acquire "stakes" in the buildings.
