The artist has donated the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound Mercury Prize cash to the trust for venues, which operates to preserve the UK's independent concert spaces.
The star was presented with the prize on 16 October as his latest record his work was declared the best record of the past year.
The musician has opted to donate the funds to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the vital role small stages fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I personally wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the gigs I performed around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," stated Sam Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these venues have permanently closed – approximately one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, top acts such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its attempts to help venues survive, by adding a modest fee to their admission fees, which supports independent venues.
Sam Fender also took part, raising in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support thirty-eight grassroots venues across the UK.
These funds assisted locations that were dealing with potential shutdown due to difficulties arising from floods, fires and personal losses, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Some locations received funding support in upgrading facilities and gear that positively impacted performers and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from shows in large arenas supports the smaller venues, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just common sense," the star has commented.
The musician is far from the only musician to contribute his award funds to charitable organizations.
When the band won the prize in the mid-90s for their record the album, lead singer Jarvis Cocker declared that the band would donate their prize money to the organization War Child.
That year, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite shared her bounty across a few organizations, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I contributed a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they required new equipment," she explained to outlets.
Previously, they contributed their prize money to the community center that supported their act, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Also the 1994 recipients the group contributed their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was identified with the illness.
"The victory was quite enough," said artist Heather Small. "The cash was the bonus but we could do without the extra, because we had the honor. So our success impacted the lives of others."
Last week, the trust announced it had saved several small stages in the South East, by bringing them into local control.
The Joiners in Southampton and the other in the city were bought under the Own Our Venues program, which is backed by a national body and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the venues.
