The star has given the complete sum of his £25,000 Mercury Prize cash to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to preserve the UK's grassroots concert spaces.
He was given the cheque on 16 October as his latest record his work was declared the top album of the past year.
He has chosen to hand the money over to the MVT, in recognition of the essential function grassroots venues played in his beginning days.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the gigs I performed around the North East, and beyond, when I was starting out," said the artist. "These venues are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these locations have shut down – roughly 16 percent of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, major artists such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by adding a small levy to their ticket prices, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also joined in, generating in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to help thirty-eight small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds supported locations that were dealing with potential shutdown due to difficulties caused by floods, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and sound issues.
Other venues were granted financial assistance in improving infrastructure and technical equipment that helped musicians and fans.
"The idea that money from concerts in large arenas helps the independent spots, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just sensible," Fender has said.
Fender is not the first artist to give his Mercury Prize winnings to charitable organizations.
In Pulp earned the award in the mid-90s for their record Different Class, frontman Jarvis Cocker announced that the group would donate their winnings to the charity War Child.
During 2002, musician the artist divided her award between multiple organizations, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I gave a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they required updated gear," Ms Dynamite explained to outlets.
Previously, Ezra Collective contributed their funds to the community center that developed their act, alongside other local music groups.
Also 1994 winners M People contributed their award to a MS organization after a friend was identified with the disease.
"Winning was ample," said singer Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our winning impacted the lives of others."
Last week, the trust shared it had protected two small stages in the South East, by transferring them to local control.
One venue in that area and The Croft in Bristol were acquired under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is backed by the arts council and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the venues.
