The star has handed over the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound Mercury Prize winnings to the MVT, which operates to save the Britain's independent live music spots.
The star was presented with the prize on October 16 as his third album his work was named the top album of the past year.
The musician has decided to give the cash to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the crucial part local spots played in his early career.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing my current career if it hadn't been for all the performances I played around the North East, and further afield, when I was beginning," said the artist. "These locations are legendary, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have shut down – approximately one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, top acts including Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by including a modest fee to their admission fees, which benefits local stages.
He also participated, generating more than £100,000 on his recent tour to assist 38 small stages across the UK.
The donation assisted locations that were confronting potential shutdown due to issues arising from water damage, fires and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and sound issues.
Some locations obtained financial assistance in improving facilities and technical equipment that directly benefitted artists and audiences.
"The concept that revenue from concerts in major spaces supports the independent spots, where it begins for musicians like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has stated.
The musician is not the first artist to give his award prize money to charitable organizations.
In the band won the award in the year 1996 for their release their work, vocalist Jarvis Cocker announced that the group would give their cash to the charity War Child.
That year, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite shared her award among several good causes, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also contributed a thousand pounds to the center, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked better apparatus," she shared with outlets.
Previously, they contributed their winnings to the local youth club that nurtured their band, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
And winners that year the group gave their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was found to have the illness.
"Winning was ample," stated singer Heather Small. "The cash was the bonus but we could do without the extra, because we had the cake. So our victory touched another person's life."
In the past week, the MVT revealed it had protected several small stages in the South East, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The first in the city and the second in the city were purchased under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is supported by the arts council and music fans who acquire "ownership units" in the venues.
