The star has handed over the complete sum of his £25k honor winnings to the MVT, which works to preserve the UK's small live music spots.
Fender was awarded the prize on October 16 as his third album People Watching was declared the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
The musician has opted to give the cash to the trust, in appreciation of the essential function local spots fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I personally wouldn't be doing this success if it hadn't been for all the performances I performed around the area, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," stated Sam Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – approximately one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, well-known musicians including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by applying a small levy to their ticket costs, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also participated, collecting more than £100,000 on his live tour to assist thirty-eight grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money supported spaces that were confronting imminent closure due to challenges arising from floods, blazes and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Other venues received financial assistance in upgrading facilities and gear that directly benefitted performers and concertgoers.
"The notion that funds from shows in major spaces backs the independent spots, where it begins for musicians like me, is just logical," Fender has commented.
Fender is not the first artist to contribute his Mercury Prize funds to charitable organizations.
In they earned the award in the year 1996 for their release their work, lead singer the singer declared that the band would contribute their cash to the charity War Child.
In 2002, musician the artist divided her prize among multiple organizations, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also gave a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they needed new equipment," Ms Dynamite told outlets.
In recent years, Ezra Collective gave their winnings to the community center that supported their band, alongside other independent music bodies.
And 1994 winners the group donated their winnings to a MS organization after a acquaintance was diagnosed the disease.
"The victory was quite enough," stated vocalist Small. "The money was the bonus but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our success impacted the lives of others."
Last week, the trust announced it had protected several grassroots venues in south-east England, by transferring them to community ownership.
The Joiners in Southampton and the other in that location were acquired under the public acquisition initiative, which is supported by a national body and music fans who buy "shares" in the properties.
