The star has handed over the complete sum of his £25,000 award prize money to the MVT, which works to preserve the United Kingdom's small music venues.
The star was given the prize on mid-October as his new release his work was declared the best record of the past year.
The musician has decided to give the cash to the trust, in appreciation of the essential function grassroots venues had in his beginning days.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing my current career if it wasn't for all the performances I did around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," stated Sam Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have shut down – approximately 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, top acts like Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to support the industry, by applying a modest fee to their admission fees, which supports smaller concert halls.
He also joined in, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to support thirty-eight grassroots venues across the UK.
The money supported venues that were dealing with possible closure due to challenges caused by water damage, fires and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and sound issues.
Additional spaces received monetary aid in improving facilities and gear that positively impacted musicians and audiences.
"The idea that funds from concerts in large arenas helps the smaller venues, where it begins for artists like me, is just sensible," Fender has commented.
Fender is far from the only musician to donate his Mercury Prize prize money to good deeds.
In Pulp received the trophy in the mid-90s for their record the album, lead singer the singer stated that the act would contribute their prize money to the organization the charity.
In 2002, artist she divided her bounty across several good causes, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I contributed a thousand pounds to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they required better apparatus," the artist told outlets.
In recent years, the band donated their winnings to the local youth club that nurtured their group, alongside other local music groups.
And 1994 winners M People gave their award to a charity for MS after a close contact was found to have the illness.
"The victory was quite enough," remarked vocalist Heather Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the cake. So our victory touched another person's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had rescued two local spots in the South East, by bringing them into community ownership.
One venue in that area and the other in that location were bought under the community ownership initiative, which is funded by Arts Council England and music fans who purchase "stakes" in the buildings.
