The artist has given the complete sum of his £25,000 honor cash to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to preserve the Britain's independent concert spaces.
The star was presented with the cheque on mid-October as his third album People Watching was declared the top album of the last 12 months.
Fender has opted to donate the funds to the trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function small stages fulfilled in his initial steps.
"I personally wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the shows I did around the area, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," said Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these locations have shut down – about 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, top acts like the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by including a small levy to their ticket costs, which benefits independent venues.
Sam Fender also joined in, raising more than £100,000 on his recent tour to assist 38 local spots across Britain.
The money assisted venues that were dealing with potential shutdown due to difficulties arising from water damage, blazes and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and sound issues.
Additional spaces received financial assistance in modernizing facilities and technical equipment that directly benefitted performers and concertgoers.
"The concept that money from shows in big venues backs the local stages, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has commented.
Fender is among several artists to donate his Mercury Prize prize money to good deeds.
When Pulp received the award in the mid-90s for their record Different Class, lead singer the singer announced that the act would give their cash to the charity War Child.
That year, artist she shared her bounty between several good causes, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I contributed a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they needed better apparatus," she explained to the media.
Previously, Ezra Collective donated their winnings to the youth organization that supported their act, in addition to other local music groups.
And winners that year the group contributed their winnings to a MS organization after a acquaintance was identified with the condition.
"The victory was sufficient," remarked singer Small. "The money was the bonus but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the cake. So our success touched another person's life."
Last week, the MVT shared it had saved two local spots in the South East, by transferring them to local control.
One venue in that area and the other in the city were acquired under the public acquisition scheme, which is backed by a national body and supporters who purchase "shares" in the properties.
