The artist has donated the full amount of his £25k Mercury Prize cash to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to preserve the United Kingdom's independent concert spaces.
Fender was presented with the award on October 16 as his third album his work was named the top album of the last 12 months.
Fender has chosen to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role small stages fulfilled in his beginning days.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing this success if it hadn't been for all the performances I played around the North East, and further afield, when I was beginning," said Sam Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these locations have permanently closed – approximately 16% of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, top acts like Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a small levy to their ticket prices, which supports smaller concert halls.
Fender also joined in, generating more than £100,000 on his recent tour to help numerous local spots across Britain.
The donation helped venues that were confronting potential shutdown due to challenges arising from flooding, fires and bereavements, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Additional spaces were granted financial assistance in modernizing facilities and gear that helped musicians and fans.
"The idea that money from shows in major spaces helps the smaller venues, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just common sense," Fender has commented.
He is among several artists to contribute his award funds to good deeds.
When the band earned the trophy in the year 1996 for their record their work, vocalist Jarvis Cocker announced that the group would donate their winnings to the charity War Child.
During 2002, artist the artist divided her award among multiple charities, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also donated a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked new equipment," the artist shared with the media.
In recent years, the band gave their prize money to the youth organization that developed their band, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
And winners that year they gave their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was diagnosed the illness.
"The victory was quite enough," stated singer the singer. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our victory impacted somebody else's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust announced it had saved two small stages in the South East, by placing them under local control.
The first in Southampton and the second in the city were bought under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is funded by the arts council and enthusiasts who purchase "stakes" in the properties.
