The artist has donated the full amount of his £25,000 Mercury Prize winnings to the trust for venues, which operates to protect the Britain's small concert spaces.
The star was presented with the prize on 16 October as his new release the album was chosen as the best record of the last 12 months.
He has chosen to hand the money over to the MVT, in appreciation of the essential function local spots fulfilled in his early career.
"As an artist would not have achieved what I am doing today if it weren't for all the gigs I played around the area, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," remarked the artist. "These spaces are legendary, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these locations have shut down – about 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, well-known musicians like the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the trust in its attempts to support the industry, by adding a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which supports independent venues.
Sam Fender also joined in, generating more than £100,000 on his recent tour to support numerous small stages across Britain.
The money supported locations that were facing possible closure due to difficulties stemming from floods, blazes and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and noise complaints.
Other venues received monetary aid in improving amenities and gear that helped performers and concertgoers.
"The idea that funds from performances in big venues supports the smaller venues, where it begins for performers like me, is just sensible," Fender has commented.
He is not the first artist to donate his honor winnings to charitable organizations.
When the band received the trophy in the year 1996 for their release Different Class, lead singer the singer stated that the band would give their cash to the organization War Child.
That year, artist the artist shared her bounty among several charities, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I contributed a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they required better apparatus," she told outlets.
Previously, the band donated their funds to the community center that nurtured their band, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
And 1994 winners they gave their prize to a charity for MS after a close contact was found to have the condition.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," stated singer the singer. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the cake. So our victory affected another person's life."
Recently, the MVT shared it had saved several small stages in the South East, by placing them under community ownership.
One venue in Southampton and the other in that location were purchased under the community ownership scheme, which is backed by Arts Council England and music fans who purchase "stakes" in the buildings.
