The star has donated the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound award prize money to the MVT, which works to save the Britain's independent live music spots.
Fender was given the award on mid-October as his third album the album was declared the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
He has opted to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role local spots fulfilled in his initial steps.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the performances I performed around the region, and further afield, when I was starting out," said the artist. "These locations are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these locations have shut down – approximately 16% of the entire UK sector.
Recently, top acts like the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by including a small levy to their ticket prices, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also participated, generating over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to assist numerous small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money supported locations that were dealing with imminent closure due to challenges stemming from water damage, fires and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Other venues were granted financial assistance in improving infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted performers and fans.
"The concept that revenue from shows in major spaces backs the smaller venues, where it all starts for performers like me, is just common sense," Fender has said.
The musician is far from the only musician to give his Mercury Prize funds to charitable organizations.
In they received the trophy in the year 1996 for their release the album, lead singer Jarvis Cocker stated that the band would contribute their cash to the organization War Child.
In 2002, artist she split her bounty across multiple good causes, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I donated a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they required new equipment," she told a publication.
Previously, Ezra Collective contributed their prize money to the local youth club that developed their act, alongside other local music groups.
Also 1994 winners they donated their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was identified with the illness.
"The victory was ample," remarked artist the singer. "The prize was the cherry on top but we could do without the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our victory touched the lives of others."
In the past week, the trust revealed it had rescued two grassroots venues in the South East, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The first in Southampton and the second in that location were acquired under the community ownership program, which is backed by the arts council and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the buildings.
