The star has donated the complete sum of his £25k Mercury Prize prize money to the trust for venues, which operates to protect the UK's grassroots live music spots.
Fender was presented with the award on 16 October as his new release People Watching was declared the best record of the past year.
The musician has decided to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part small stages played in his initial steps.
"I personally would not have achieved my current career if it hadn't been for all the performances I played around the area, and further afield, when I was beginning," said Sam Fender. "These venues are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – approximately one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, major artists like the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which supports local stages.
He also joined in, collecting over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to assist numerous grassroots venues across the UK.
The donation assisted locations that were confronting possible closure due to issues arising from flooding, blazes and bereavements, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Some locations were granted financial assistance in modernizing infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted musicians and concertgoers.
"The idea that funds from shows in big venues supports the local stages, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has said.
The musician is among several artists to give his Mercury Prize funds to charitable organizations.
In the band received the prize in the mid-90s for their record their work, lead singer the singer declared that the group would contribute their cash to the charity War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer she split her bounty among multiple good causes, such as the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I donated a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they required updated gear," she explained to outlets.
Previously, they donated their winnings to the community center that supported their band, in addition to other local music groups.
Also 1994 winners M People gave their award to a charity for MS after a close contact was found to have the disease.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," said vocalist Small. "The money was the extra but we could do without the extra, because we had the cake. So our winning touched another person's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had protected several local spots in that region, by bringing them into community ownership.
One venue in Southampton and the other in Bristol were bought under the community ownership scheme, which is backed by the arts council and music fans who purchase "stakes" in the buildings.
