The artist has donated the entirety of his £25k Mercury Prize winnings to the MVT, which works to preserve the United Kingdom's independent concert spaces.
Fender was presented with the prize on 16 October as his new release People Watching was named the top album of the previous year.
He has opted to hand the money over to the MVT, in recognition of the vital role grassroots venues fulfilled in his initial steps.
"I would not have achieved what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the shows I played around the area, and beyond, when I was beginning," stated Sam Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – approximately one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, top acts like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by adding a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also took part, collecting over £100k on his live tour to assist 38 local spots across Britain.
The donation assisted venues that were dealing with possible closure due to challenges arising from floods, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as permit problems, court cases and noise complaints.
Other venues received funding support in improving infrastructure and technical equipment that positively impacted artists and concertgoers.
"The notion that revenue from performances in large arenas supports the smaller venues, where it all starts for artists like me, is just common sense," Fender has said.
He is far from the only musician to contribute his Mercury Prize funds to worthy causes.
In the band won the award in the mid-90s for their record the album, lead singer the singer declared that the band would donate their cash to the charity War Child.
In 2002, musician the artist split her bounty among a few charities, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I donated a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked updated gear," the artist shared with the media.
In recent years, they gave their winnings to the community center that nurtured their band, in addition to other independent music bodies.
And 1994 winners the group donated their winnings to a MS organization after a friend was found to have the condition.
"The victory was sufficient," stated vocalist Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our success touched another person's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had protected a couple of small stages in the South East, by placing them under public stewardship.
The first in the city and The Croft in that location were acquired under the community ownership initiative, which is supported by Arts Council England and music fans who purchase "shares" in the buildings.