The star has donated the full amount of his £25,000 Mercury Prize prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which works to preserve the United Kingdom's independent music venues.
He was given the award on 16 October as his new release the album was named the top album of the last 12 months.
He has opted to donate the funds to the trust, in recognition of the crucial part small stages had in his beginning days.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing this success if it hadn't been for all the shows I did around the region, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," said Sam Fender. "These venues are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have shut down – approximately 16 percent of the total UK scene.
In the last year, well-known musicians like the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by adding a small levy to their ticket prices, which goes to help local stages.
Fender also joined in, generating over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to support numerous local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds helped locations that were facing potential shutdown due to difficulties stemming from floods, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and noise complaints.
Other venues received monetary aid in upgrading infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted musicians and audiences.
"The notion that revenue from performances in large arenas supports the local stages, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has said.
He is among several artists to contribute his award funds to charitable organizations.
When they received the trophy in the year 1996 for their record their work, vocalist the singer stated that the band would contribute their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
That year, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite divided her bounty among a few charities, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also contributed a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked better apparatus," the artist explained to a publication.
Previously, the band contributed their winnings to the youth organization that nurtured their group, as well as other independent music bodies.
Additionally 1994 winners M People gave their winnings to a MS organization after a friend was diagnosed the disease.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," said vocalist Heather Small. "The cash was the extra but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
Last week, the MVT revealed it had protected a couple of grassroots venues in south-east England, by transferring them to community ownership.
The Joiners in Southampton and The Croft in the city were acquired under the community ownership scheme, which is funded by a national body and music fans who purchase "shares" in the venues.
