The artist has handed over the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound Mercury Prize prize money to the MVT, which functions to protect the United Kingdom's small live music spots.
Fender was presented with the cheque on 16 October as his third album his work was chosen as the outstanding release of the previous year.
Fender has decided to donate the funds to the trust, in appreciation of the essential function small stages fulfilled in his early career.
"I wouldn't be doing my current career if it hadn't been for all the shows I played around the area, and beyond, when I was just getting going," said the artist. "These venues are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these locations have shut down – approximately one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, top acts including Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by adding a small levy to their admission fees, which goes to help independent venues.
He also joined in, collecting over £100k on his recent tour to help numerous small stages across Britain.
The money supported venues that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties caused by flooding, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces were granted funding support in modernizing facilities and technical equipment that helped artists and fans.
"The notion that revenue from performances in big venues backs the smaller venues, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has commented.
He is far from the only musician to donate his award funds to good deeds.
When they won the prize in the mid-90s for their album their work, lead singer Cocker announced that the group would give their cash to the organization War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite shared her award across several good causes, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I donated a grand to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed new equipment," Ms Dynamite told the media.
In recent years, they gave their prize money to the local youth club that developed their act, as well as other local music groups.
Also the 1994 recipients they gave their winnings to a MS organization after a acquaintance was identified with the disease.
"Winning was quite enough," stated singer Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the cake. So our success affected somebody else's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had rescued a couple of local spots in the South East, by bringing them into local control.
The Joiners in Southampton and the second in the city were purchased under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is backed by a national body and enthusiasts who buy "stakes" in the buildings.
