The artist has given the entirety of his £25k Mercury Prize cash to the MVT, which works to preserve the UK's small music venues.
He was given the prize on mid-October as his latest record People Watching was declared the best record of the past year.
He has chosen to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the essential function grassroots venues had in his initial steps.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the performances I performed around the North East, and beyond, when I was beginning," stated Sam Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these spaces have shut down – roughly one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, well-known musicians such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to support the industry, by applying a small levy to their ticket costs, which benefits independent venues.
Fender also took part, collecting over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to help 38 grassroots venues across Britain.
The money helped locations that were facing potential shutdown due to issues arising from floods, fires and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Some locations received funding support in improving facilities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted artists and concertgoers.
"The concept that money from concerts in major spaces backs the independent spots, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just common sense," the star has stated.
He is far from the only musician to give his Mercury Prize funds to charitable organizations.
In Pulp received the prize in the year 1996 for their record their work, frontman Jarvis Cocker declared that the band would give their winnings to the charity the charity.
In 2002, artist she shared her prize between a few good causes, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I donated a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they needed better apparatus," she explained to the media.
In recent years, they gave their winnings to the community center that developed their band, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
And the 1994 recipients M People donated their award to a charity for MS after a close contact was identified with the condition.
"The victory was ample," said artist Heather Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we could do without the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our winning touched the lives of others."
Last week, the trust revealed it had saved two grassroots venues in the South East, by transferring them to public stewardship.
One venue in the city and The Croft in the city were bought under the community ownership scheme, which is funded by a national body and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the properties.