The star has handed over the complete sum of his £25,000 award cash to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the Britain's grassroots concert spaces.
The star was awarded the award on mid-October as his new release his work was chosen as the best record of the last 12 months.
The musician has decided to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the vital role local spots had in his early career.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the performances I played around the area, and beyond, when I was beginning," said Sam Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these locations have shut down – approximately 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, well-known musicians such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by applying a modest fee to their admission fees, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Fender also participated, raising over £100k on his live tour to support thirty-eight small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds helped spaces that were confronting possible closure due to difficulties caused by water damage, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and sound issues.
Other venues were granted financial assistance in upgrading infrastructure and technical equipment that directly benefitted musicians and concertgoers.
"The concept that revenue from performances in big venues backs the independent spots, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has stated.
Fender is far from the only musician to contribute his Mercury Prize winnings to good deeds.
In the band earned the trophy in the year 1996 for their record Different Class, lead singer the singer declared that the act would donate their cash to the charity War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer the artist divided her bounty among a few good causes, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also contributed a £1,000 to the center, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they required new equipment," the artist told the media.
Previously, they contributed their winnings to the local youth club that nurtured their band, as well as other independent music bodies.
And winners that year M People gave their winnings to a charity for MS after a close contact was identified with the illness.
"Winning was sufficient," remarked singer Heather Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't need the extra, because we had the honor. So our success touched somebody else's life."
Recently, the trust announced it had rescued a couple of local spots in that region, by transferring them to community ownership.
The first in that area and the second in that location were acquired under the community ownership initiative, which is funded by Arts Council England and music fans who acquire "stakes" in the venues.
