The star has donated the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound honor prize money to the trust for venues, which functions to save the United Kingdom's grassroots music venues.
The star was presented with the prize on mid-October as his latest record People Watching was named the top album of the last 12 months.
Fender has chosen to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role grassroots venues had in his beginning days.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the gigs I played around the region, and further afield, when I was just getting going," said Sam Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these locations have ceased operations – about 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Recently, well-known musicians like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its initiatives to help venues survive, by including a modest fee to their ticket prices, which supports independent venues.
He also participated, raising more than £100,000 on his live tour to support 38 local spots across Britain.
The donation assisted spaces that were confronting imminent closure due to difficulties caused by flooding, blazes and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and sound issues.
Some locations received funding support in improving amenities and gear that positively impacted musicians and concertgoers.
"The notion that revenue from shows in big venues supports the independent spots, where it all starts for artists like me, is just sensible," Fender has said.
He is far from the only musician to contribute his Mercury Prize prize money to worthy causes.
When Pulp received the award in the year 1996 for their album Different Class, vocalist Jarvis Cocker declared that the group would contribute their prize money to the charity the charity.
In 2002, musician she divided her prize among several organizations, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I gave a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked better apparatus," she told a publication.
In recent years, the band gave their winnings to the youth organization that supported their band, as well as other local music groups.
And the 1994 recipients M People contributed their winnings to a charity for MS after a friend was diagnosed the disease.
"Winning was quite enough," stated vocalist Small. "The prize was the extra but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our winning impacted the lives of others."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust announced it had protected several small stages in the South East, by bringing them into local control.
One venue in Southampton and the second in Bristol were bought under the Own Our Venues program, which is supported by a national body and enthusiasts who buy "shares" in the venues.
