The artist has handed over the entirety of his £25,000 Mercury Prize cash to the MVT, which works to save the UK's small music venues.
He was presented with the award on mid-October as his latest record the album was chosen as the best record of the previous year.
The musician has chosen to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the vital role small stages played in his beginning days.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the performances I did around the region, and beyond, when I was beginning," stated Sam Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these locations have shut down – approximately 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, major artists such as the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a small levy to their ticket costs, which supports independent venues.
Fender also took part, raising in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to help numerous local spots across Britain.
The donation supported locations that were facing possible closure due to difficulties arising from flooding, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and sound issues.
Some locations obtained funding support in improving facilities and technical equipment that directly benefitted performers and concertgoers.
"The concept that money from shows in large arenas backs the independent spots, where it all starts for performers like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has commented.
He is far from the only musician to contribute his Mercury Prize winnings to charitable organizations.
In Pulp won the prize in the year 1996 for their release Different Class, frontman Cocker stated that the band would give their prize money to the organization War Child.
That year, musician the artist split her bounty between multiple organizations, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also donated a thousand pounds to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they required updated gear," she shared with the media.
Previously, the band contributed their winnings to the community center that developed their band, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
And the 1994 recipients M People gave their award to a charity for MS after a close contact was diagnosed the disease.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," said artist Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we could do without the extra, because we had the cake. So our victory affected another person's life."
In the past week, the MVT revealed it had saved two grassroots venues in south-east England, by placing them under community ownership.
One venue in that area and The Croft in that location were acquired under the Own Our Venues program, which is backed by Arts Council England and music fans who acquire "stakes" in the buildings.
