The artist has donated the complete sum of his £25k Mercury Prize prize money to the trust for venues, which works to protect the UK's grassroots concert spaces.
The star was given the award on mid-October as his latest record People Watching was declared the top album of the last 12 months.
Fender has opted to donate the funds to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the crucial part local spots played in his initial steps.
"I would not have achieved this success if it hadn't been for all the gigs I did around the region, and further afield, when I was just getting going," remarked Sam Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these locations have ceased operations – approximately 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, well-known musicians like Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by applying a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which supports smaller concert halls.
Fender also took part, generating more than £100,000 on his recent tour to help 38 local spots across the UK.
The donation helped venues that were dealing with possible closure due to issues stemming from water damage, blazes and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and sound issues.
Some locations obtained funding support in upgrading facilities and gear that positively impacted musicians and concertgoers.
"The idea that money from performances in big venues backs the local stages, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has stated.
He is not the first artist to donate his honor winnings to worthy causes.
In the band earned the award in the mid-90s for their album Different Class, vocalist the singer announced that the band would contribute their winnings to the charity the charity.
In 2002, rapper and singer the artist divided her award between a few organizations, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I donated a thousand pounds to the center, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they required better apparatus," the artist told outlets.
In recent years, Ezra Collective gave their funds to the youth organization that nurtured their act, alongside other local music groups.
And 1994 winners the group gave their winnings to a MS organization after a friend was diagnosed the disease.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," said singer the singer. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the cake. So our success impacted somebody else's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust announced it had protected several small stages in south-east England, by transferring them to public stewardship.
One venue in that area and the second in the city were bought under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is backed by a national body and enthusiasts who buy "stakes" in the venues.
