The artist has given the full amount of his £25,000 Mercury Prize prize money to the trust for venues, which operates to preserve the UK's grassroots live music spots.
Fender was given the cheque on mid-October as his third album his work was chosen as the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
Fender has opted to hand the money over to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the vital role small stages had in his beginning days.
"I couldn't be pursuing this success if it wasn't for all the performances I did around the North East, and further afield, when I was just getting going," remarked the artist. "These locations are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – roughly 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, top acts including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by applying a modest fee to their ticket costs, which goes to help local stages.
Sam Fender also joined in, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to help numerous local spots across the UK.
The money supported spaces that were confronting potential shutdown due to difficulties stemming from water damage, blazes and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and neighbor objections.
Other venues were granted funding support in upgrading infrastructure and gear that directly benefitted performers and concertgoers.
"The notion that funds from performances in big venues helps the smaller venues, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just logical," the star has commented.
Fender is far from the only musician to donate his honor funds to charitable organizations.
When Pulp received the prize in the mid-90s for their release the album, lead singer Jarvis Cocker announced that the group would give their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
In 2002, artist she divided her prize across multiple good causes, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I donated a thousand pounds to the center, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they required updated gear," she explained to the media.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective gave their funds to the community center that nurtured their act, as well as other independent music bodies.
Also winners that year they contributed their prize to a MS organization after a acquaintance was found to have the condition.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," stated singer the singer. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't require the extra, because we had the cake. So our success impacted somebody else's life."
Recently, the MVT announced it had rescued two grassroots venues in that region, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The Joiners in the city and the other in the city were bought under the public acquisition scheme, which is funded by the arts council and supporters who purchase "ownership units" in the venues.
