The artist has handed over the complete sum of his £25,000 Mercury Prize cash to the Music Venues Trust, which works to protect the UK's independent music venues.
The star was given the prize on 16 October as his third album his work was chosen as the top album of the previous year.
The musician has opted to donate the funds to the trust, in appreciation of the essential function local spots had in his initial steps.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing this success if it weren't for all the gigs I played around the area, and beyond, when I was starting out," stated the artist. "These venues are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have shut down – roughly 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Recently, top acts including the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by applying a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which supports smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also took part, generating in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to support numerous small stages across the UK.
The donation helped venues that were facing possible closure due to challenges stemming from floods, fires and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and noise complaints.
Additional spaces were granted funding support in modernizing amenities and technical equipment that positively impacted musicians and fans.
"The idea that revenue from concerts in large arenas helps the local stages, where it all starts for performers like me, is just sensible," Fender has stated.
Fender is not the first artist to give his Mercury Prize prize money to charitable organizations.
Back when they received the award in 1996 for their release Different Class, vocalist Jarvis Cocker stated that the group would contribute their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
That year, artist she divided her prize among a few charities, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I donated a grand to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they required updated gear," Ms Dynamite shared with a publication.
In recent years, Ezra Collective contributed their prize money to the community center that developed their band, as well as other independent music bodies.
Additionally the 1994 recipients the group gave their prize to a charity for MS after a close contact was found to have the disease.
"Winning was ample," said vocalist the singer. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our success impacted the lives of others."
Recently, the MVT shared it had rescued a couple of small stages in that region, by bringing them into local control.
The Joiners in that area and the second in the city were acquired under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is backed by a national body and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the properties.
