The star has given the complete sum of his £25k Mercury Prize cash to the trust for venues, which operates to preserve the United Kingdom's independent concert spaces.
He was awarded the cheque on October 16 as his latest record his work was chosen as the best record of the past year.
The musician has chosen to hand the money over to the MVT, in appreciation of the vital role small stages fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I couldn't be pursuing my current career if it wasn't for all the performances I did around the region, and further afield, when I was starting out," said Sam Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these venues have shut down – approximately 16% of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, major artists including Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by including a modest fee to their ticket costs, which supports independent venues.
Sam Fender also participated, raising more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support thirty-eight small stages across Britain.
The money helped spaces that were dealing with potential shutdown due to issues arising from flooding, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, court cases and sound issues.
Additional spaces obtained monetary aid in upgrading infrastructure and gear that directly benefitted artists and concertgoers.
"The notion that money from performances in major spaces helps the independent spots, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just common sense," Fender has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to donate his Mercury Prize prize money to charitable organizations.
Back when the band received the trophy in the mid-90s for their record Different Class, frontman the singer stated that the act would donate their prize money to the charity War Child.
That year, artist Ms Dynamite shared her award across multiple good causes, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I contributed a grand to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they required updated gear," she explained to the media.
In recent years, the band donated their funds to the community center that supported their group, as well as other local music groups.
And winners that year the group contributed their winnings to a MS organization after a friend was found to have the condition.
"The victory was ample," said singer Heather Small. "The prize was the extra but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our success impacted another person's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had saved a couple of local spots in the South East, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The Joiners in that area and the second in that location were bought under the public acquisition initiative, which is funded by a national body and supporters who acquire "stakes" in the buildings.
