The artist has given the full amount of his £25k Mercury Prize prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to save the United Kingdom's small music venues.
He was given the cheque on 16 October as his new release People Watching was declared the top album of the past year.
He has opted to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part small stages fulfilled in his early career.
"I couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the shows I performed around the region, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," said Sam Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these venues have shut down – approximately one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, major artists including Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its attempts to help venues survive, by applying a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which supports smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also joined in, collecting over £100k on his live tour to help thirty-eight grassroots venues across Britain.
The money helped spaces that were confronting possible closure due to challenges arising from flooding, blazes and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and sound issues.
Other venues were granted monetary aid in modernizing facilities and gear that positively impacted musicians and fans.
"The concept that revenue from shows in large arenas backs the independent spots, where it begins for artists like me, is just sensible," Fender has stated.
He is not the first artist to give his award winnings to good deeds.
In the band received the trophy in 1996 for their record Different Class, lead singer the singer announced that the act would contribute their cash to the organization the charity.
During 2002, musician she split her bounty between a few good causes, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I contributed a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed new equipment," she explained to a publication.
Two years ago, they gave their winnings to the local youth club that developed their act, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally winners that year the group gave their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was found to have the condition.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," remarked artist Small. "The cash was the bonus but we could do without the cherry, because we had the cake. So our winning affected the lives of others."
In the past week, the trust announced it had saved two small stages in that region, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The first in Southampton and the second in the city were bought under the public acquisition program, which is supported by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who buy "shares" in the properties.
