The artist has given the full amount of his £25,000 honor prize money to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the UK's grassroots music venues.
The star was presented with the cheque on October 16 as his new release his work was named the outstanding release of the previous year.
He has opted to hand the money over to the trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part small stages fulfilled in his early career.
"I couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the shows I performed around the region, and further afield, when I was just getting going," stated the artist. "These venues are iconic, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these locations have shut down – about 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, major artists like Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a small levy to their admission fees, which supports smaller concert halls.
He also participated, raising in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to assist numerous grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds helped venues that were confronting imminent closure due to difficulties arising from water damage, fires and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and sound issues.
Other venues obtained financial assistance in upgrading amenities and sound and lighting systems that helped musicians and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from performances in large arenas backs the smaller venues, where it begins for musicians like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has stated.
He is far from the only musician to donate his Mercury Prize funds to charitable organizations.
In the band received the award in the mid-90s for their release Different Class, frontman Jarvis Cocker declared that the group would donate their prize money to the charity the charity.
In 2002, artist Ms Dynamite split her bounty between multiple organizations, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also donated a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they required new equipment," Ms Dynamite told the media.
In recent years, the band contributed their prize money to the community center that nurtured their band, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally winners that year they donated their winnings to a charity for MS after a friend was identified with the condition.
"The victory was ample," remarked singer Small. "The money was the extra but we could do without the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our winning impacted another person's life."
Last week, the MVT announced it had rescued several local spots in the South East, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The first in that area and the second in the city were purchased under the community ownership program, which is backed by a national body and music fans who buy "shares" in the venues.
