The star has donated the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound award winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to preserve the UK's grassroots live music spots.
He was given the award on 16 October as his new release his work was named the best record of the previous year.
Fender has decided to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role local spots fulfilled in his initial steps.
"I personally wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the gigs I performed around the area, and beyond, when I was just getting going," stated Sam Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these venues have permanently closed – approximately 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, well-known musicians like the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by applying a modest fee to their ticket prices, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Fender also participated, generating over £100k on his recent tour to help 38 grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds supported venues that were confronting possible closure due to difficulties stemming from water damage, fires and bereavements, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and sound issues.
Additional spaces were granted monetary aid in improving infrastructure and technical equipment that helped artists and concertgoers.
"The idea that money from concerts in big venues supports the independent spots, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just sensible," the star has stated.
He is among several artists to give his Mercury Prize winnings to good deeds.
Back when they earned the award in 1996 for their record their work, frontman the singer announced that the band would contribute their prize money to the organization War Child.
During 2002, musician Ms Dynamite shared her bounty across several charities, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also gave a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked new equipment," Ms Dynamite explained to a publication.
In recent years, they donated their funds to the community center that supported their act, as well as other local music groups.
And 1994 winners the group contributed their winnings to a MS organization after a friend was identified with the disease.
"The victory was sufficient," remarked singer the singer. "The prize was the extra but we could do without the extra, because we had the cake. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had saved a couple of small stages in south-east England, by transferring them to community ownership.
The first in Southampton and The Croft in the city were purchased under the public acquisition scheme, which is supported by a national body and enthusiasts who purchase "ownership units" in the venues.
