The artist has handed over the full amount of his £25k Mercury Prize prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which works to protect the United Kingdom's independent concert spaces.
He was given the cheque on 16 October as his third album the album was named the top album of the previous year.
The musician has chosen to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the crucial part small stages played in his early career.
"I would not have achieved this success if it hadn't been for all the gigs I performed around the region, and beyond, when I was starting out," said Sam Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these venues have permanently closed – approximately one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, top acts including Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which goes to help independent venues.
He also took part, collecting over £100k on his recent tour to assist 38 local spots across Britain.
These funds supported spaces that were confronting possible closure due to difficulties stemming from flooding, fires and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces obtained monetary aid in upgrading infrastructure and technical equipment that helped artists and audiences.
"The notion that money from performances in large arenas backs the smaller venues, where it begins for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is far from the only musician to contribute his award prize money to good deeds.
In the band received the prize in the mid-90s for their album Different Class, lead singer Cocker declared that the band would give their prize money to the organization the charity.
During 2002, artist Ms Dynamite shared her award across multiple organizations, like the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I donated a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they needed better apparatus," the artist explained to outlets.
Two years ago, they contributed their funds to the youth organization that developed their act, alongside other local music groups.
Also the 1994 recipients the group donated their prize to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was diagnosed the illness.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," stated vocalist the singer. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't require the extra, because we had the honor. So our success touched another person's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had rescued a couple of local spots in that region, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The Joiners in that area and the second in Bristol were bought under the Own Our Venues program, which is supported by Arts Council England and supporters who acquire "shares" in the properties.
