The star has donated the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound honor prize money to the trust for venues, which works to protect the UK's grassroots music venues.
He was given the prize on October 16 as his latest record People Watching was named the outstanding release of the previous year.
Fender has decided to hand the money over to the trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function small stages fulfilled in his early career.
"I wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the shows I did around the region, and beyond, when I was just getting going," stated Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have ceased operations – roughly one-sixth of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, top acts such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the trust in its efforts to support the industry, by applying a modest fee to their ticket prices, which benefits local stages.
Sam Fender also joined in, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to help 38 grassroots venues across the UK.
These funds helped venues that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties stemming from flooding, fires and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, court cases and neighbor objections.
Other venues received monetary aid in improving facilities and technical equipment that helped musicians and concertgoers.
"The idea that revenue from shows in major spaces backs the smaller venues, where it begins for artists like me, is just common sense," Fender has said.
He is far from the only musician to give his Mercury Prize winnings to good deeds.
Back when they earned the trophy in 1996 for their release their work, frontman Cocker announced that the act would give their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
That year, artist the artist shared her prize among a few good causes, like the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I contributed a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they needed new equipment," the artist told a publication.
In recent years, the band donated their winnings to the community center that supported their group, as well as other independent music bodies.
Additionally winners that year the group donated their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was identified with the disease.
"Winning was quite enough," said artist the singer. "The prize was the extra but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the honor. So our victory affected the lives of others."
Recently, the MVT revealed it had rescued several grassroots venues in the South East, by transferring them to local control.
The Joiners in Southampton and The Croft in that location were acquired under the community ownership initiative, which is backed by the arts council and enthusiasts who acquire "ownership units" in the buildings.
