The artist has donated the full amount of his £25k Mercury Prize cash to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the United Kingdom's grassroots concert spaces.
Fender was presented with the cheque on 16 October as his new release the album was declared the outstanding release of the past year.
The musician has opted to hand the money over to the MVT, in appreciation of the essential function grassroots venues played in his initial steps.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing this success if it hadn't been for all the gigs I performed around the North East, and further afield, when I was starting out," said Sam Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have shut down – about 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, top acts like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the trust in its efforts to support the industry, by applying a small levy to their ticket prices, which supports local stages.
Fender also took part, collecting more than £100,000 on his live tour to help 38 small stages across Britain.
The donation supported venues that were confronting possible closure due to difficulties caused by floods, fires and bereavements, as well as permit problems, court cases and neighbor objections.
Some locations received funding support in upgrading facilities and gear that positively impacted musicians and audiences.
"The idea that money from shows in large arenas helps the independent spots, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just common sense," the star has said.
He is among several artists to give his Mercury Prize prize money to good deeds.
When the band received the prize in 1996 for their album the album, lead singer Jarvis Cocker announced that the group would contribute their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
In 2002, artist the artist divided her bounty across multiple organizations, such as the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I gave a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they required better apparatus," the artist shared with a publication.
In recent years, Ezra Collective contributed their winnings to the local youth club that nurtured their group, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally the 1994 recipients M People gave their winnings to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was found to have the disease.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," stated singer Heather Small. "The cash was the extra but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the cake. So our winning impacted another person's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had saved a couple of grassroots venues in south-east England, by placing them under public stewardship.
The Joiners in that area and The Croft in that location were acquired under the community ownership scheme, which is funded by Arts Council England and supporters who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.
