The star has handed over the full amount of his £25k Mercury Prize winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to preserve the UK's grassroots music venues.
He was given the award on 16 October as his latest record his work was named the top album of the past year.
The musician has chosen to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the crucial part small stages had in his beginning days.
"As an artist would not have achieved this success if it weren't for all the gigs I did around the area, and further afield, when I was starting out," remarked the artist. "These venues are renowned, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – about one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, well-known musicians such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by adding a modest fee to their admission fees, which supports smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also participated, collecting more than £100,000 on his live tour to help numerous local spots across Britain.
The donation supported locations that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties arising from flooding, blazes and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Some locations were granted financial assistance in upgrading infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted musicians and audiences.
"The concept that money from performances in major spaces supports the local stages, where it all starts for performers like me, is just sensible," Fender has stated.
The musician is not the first artist to give his honor funds to worthy causes.
When the band won the trophy in the mid-90s for their album the album, vocalist the singer declared that the group would give their cash to the non-profit War Child.
That year, musician the artist shared her prize among multiple organizations, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I contributed a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they needed updated gear," she told a publication.
Two years ago, the band donated their prize money to the local youth club that supported their act, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
And winners that year they donated their prize to a charity for MS after a friend was identified with the illness.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," remarked singer Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't need the extra, because we had the honor. So our success impacted somebody else's life."
Last week, the MVT revealed it had rescued a couple of small stages in south-east England, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The first in Southampton and the other in Bristol were acquired under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is backed by the arts council and supporters who acquire "ownership units" in the venues.
