The star has handed over the entirety of his £25,000 Mercury Prize prize money to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the UK's independent music venues.
He was awarded the prize on 16 October as his third album his work was chosen as the best record of the past year.
He has decided to hand the money over to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the essential function small stages fulfilled in his early career.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing this success if it weren't for all the gigs I performed around the region, and further afield, when I was starting out," remarked the artist. "These spaces are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these venues have permanently closed – about 16% of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, major artists including Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by applying a small levy to their ticket prices, which benefits local stages.
Sam Fender also participated, generating over £100k on his live tour to assist numerous small stages across the UK.
The donation supported locations that were confronting imminent closure due to challenges caused by floods, blazes and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, court cases and sound issues.
Some locations received funding support in modernizing amenities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted musicians and audiences.
"The concept that money from concerts in large arenas supports the local stages, where it begins for artists like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has commented.
Fender is among several artists to give his honor funds to worthy causes.
In they earned the prize in the mid-90s for their release the album, frontman Cocker declared that the act would contribute their cash to the charity War Child.
In 2002, musician Ms Dynamite split her prize between multiple charities, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also gave a grand to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked new equipment," she shared with the media.
In recent years, Ezra Collective donated their funds to the local youth club that supported their group, as well as other independent music bodies.
Also winners that year they gave their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was diagnosed the disease.
"Winning was ample," stated vocalist Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't need the extra, because we had the cake. So our success touched somebody else's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had rescued a couple of local spots in the South East, by bringing them into community ownership.
One venue in that area and The Croft in that location were purchased under the public acquisition program, which is backed by Arts Council England and supporters who acquire "ownership units" in the properties.
