The star has handed over the entirety of his £25k Mercury Prize cash to the trust for venues, which functions to save the UK's grassroots music venues.
Fender was presented with the prize on mid-October as his third album the album was declared the best record of the previous year.
The musician has decided to hand the money over to the MVT, in recognition of the essential function small stages fulfilled in his initial steps.
"I wouldn't be doing this success if it wasn't for all the performances I performed around the area, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," remarked the artist. "These locations are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these locations have permanently closed – about 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, top acts such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by adding a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which supports independent venues.
Fender also took part, raising over £100k on his recent tour to support 38 small stages across Britain.
These funds supported locations that were dealing with possible closure due to challenges stemming from flooding, blazes and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Other venues received financial assistance in modernizing facilities and sound and lighting systems that helped performers and audiences.
"The notion that revenue from concerts in major spaces supports the independent spots, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has stated.
He is among several artists to donate his honor funds to worthy causes.
Back when the band received the award in 1996 for their record their work, lead singer the singer stated that the act would donate their winnings to the organization War Child.
That year, rapper and singer the artist split her award across several charities, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also contributed a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked better apparatus," the artist shared with the media.
Previously, they contributed their prize money to the local youth club that nurtured their act, as well as other local music groups.
Also 1994 winners M People donated their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was diagnosed the condition.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," remarked vocalist Heather Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't need the extra, because we had the main prize. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had rescued a couple of small stages in south-east England, by placing them under community ownership.
The Joiners in the city and the second in Bristol were acquired under the Own Our Venues program, which is backed by Arts Council England and music fans who buy "ownership units" in the venues.
