The star has given the entirety of his £25,000 award cash to the MVT, which operates to preserve the UK's grassroots concert spaces.
The star was awarded the prize on mid-October as his third album the album was chosen as the best record of the previous year.
The musician has decided to hand the money over to the trust, in appreciation of the essential function small stages had in his beginning days.
"I couldn't be pursuing this success if it hadn't been for all the shows I played around the North East, and further afield, when I was starting out," said Sam Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these locations have shut down – about 16% of the total UK scene.
Recently, well-known musicians like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by including a modest fee to their ticket prices, which supports independent venues.
He also joined in, collecting more than £100,000 on his live tour to help thirty-eight grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds helped locations that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties stemming from water damage, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Some locations received funding support in modernizing infrastructure and technical equipment that helped performers and audiences.
"The idea that funds from performances in major spaces supports the local stages, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just sensible," Fender has commented.
Fender is among several artists to donate his Mercury Prize winnings to good deeds.
Back when the band won the award in 1996 for their release the album, lead singer Jarvis Cocker declared that the act would contribute their winnings to the charity War Child.
That year, rapper and singer the artist split her bounty between several good causes, such as the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I donated a grand to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they required updated gear," the artist shared with the media.
Previously, Ezra Collective gave their prize money to the community center that developed their group, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally 1994 winners M People donated their prize to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was diagnosed the condition.
"Receiving the award was ample," remarked vocalist the singer. "The prize was the bonus but we could do without the bonus, because we had the honor. So our winning impacted another person's life."
Recently, the trust shared it had protected a couple of grassroots venues in that region, by placing them under local control.
One venue in that area and the other in Bristol were purchased under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is supported by Arts Council England and music fans who buy "ownership units" in the properties.
