The star has donated the full amount of his £25,000 Mercury Prize cash to the trust for venues, which works to preserve the UK's grassroots live music spots.
The star was given the award on 16 October as his new release his work was named the best record of the last 12 months.
He has decided to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role small stages played in his beginning days.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the shows I played around the area, and beyond, when I was starting out," stated the artist. "These locations are renowned, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – about 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, well-known musicians such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its initiatives to support the industry, by applying a small levy to their admission fees, which supports independent venues.
Sam Fender also participated, generating over £100k on his recent tour to assist numerous local spots across the UK.
The money assisted spaces that were confronting potential shutdown due to difficulties stemming from floods, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, court cases and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces received monetary aid in modernizing facilities and gear that directly benefitted musicians and audiences.
"The concept that money from concerts in major spaces supports the independent spots, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just common sense," Fender has stated.
Fender is far from the only musician to give his award prize money to good deeds.
In the band earned the trophy in the mid-90s for their release the album, vocalist Cocker stated that the group would donate their prize money to the charity War Child.
During 2002, musician Ms Dynamite divided her bounty across multiple organizations, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also gave a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked new equipment," Ms Dynamite told outlets.
In recent years, Ezra Collective gave their funds to the local youth club that nurtured their act, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally the 1994 recipients M People gave their winnings to a MS organization after a acquaintance was diagnosed the disease.
"Winning was quite enough," remarked singer Heather Small. "The cash was the extra but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
Recently, the MVT announced it had rescued a couple of small stages in the South East, by bringing them into community ownership.
The Joiners in the city and the second in the city were purchased under the community ownership initiative, which is supported by Arts Council England and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the venues.
