The artist has donated the complete sum of his £25k Mercury Prize winnings to the trust for venues, which functions to protect the UK's small live music spots.
He was presented with the award on 16 October as his third album People Watching was named the outstanding release of the past year.
Fender has decided to hand the money over to the MVT, in recognition of the essential function grassroots venues had in his initial steps.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it weren't for all the shows I did around the North East, and beyond, when I was just getting going," said Sam Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these locations have shut down – approximately 16% of the entire UK sector.
Recently, well-known musicians like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its initiatives to support the industry, by applying a small levy to their admission fees, which supports smaller concert halls.
Fender also joined in, raising more than £100,000 on his recent tour to help thirty-eight grassroots venues across Britain.
These funds supported venues that were facing potential shutdown due to challenges stemming from water damage, fires and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and sound issues.
Additional spaces received monetary aid in modernizing infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted musicians and concertgoers.
"The notion that money from concerts in major spaces supports the independent spots, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has stated.
He is among several artists to give his Mercury Prize funds to worthy causes.
In they earned the trophy in 1996 for their release Different Class, frontman Jarvis Cocker declared that the group would donate their winnings to the organization War Child.
In 2002, artist Ms Dynamite divided her prize between multiple organizations, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I gave a £1,000 to the center, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they required better apparatus," Ms Dynamite explained to outlets.
In recent years, the band contributed their funds to the community center that nurtured their group, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
And the 1994 recipients the group gave their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was found to have the disease.
"The victory was sufficient," stated singer the singer. "The cash was the cherry on top but we could do without the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our victory touched another person's life."
Recently, the MVT shared it had saved two local spots in south-east England, by placing them under local control.
One venue in Southampton and The Croft in the city were acquired under the public acquisition scheme, which is funded by a national body and music fans who buy "shares" in the buildings.
