The star has given the complete sum of his £25k honor prize money to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the UK's small music venues.
Fender was presented with the award on mid-October as his new release the album was declared the top album of the last 12 months.
The musician has opted to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the crucial part grassroots venues had in his early career.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the performances I did around the region, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," stated the artist. "These locations are legendary, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these locations have shut down – approximately one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, major artists like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its initiatives to help venues survive, by applying a modest fee to their ticket costs, which benefits local stages.
Fender also participated, raising more than £100,000 on his recent tour to assist thirty-eight local spots across Britain.
The donation assisted spaces that were facing imminent closure due to difficulties caused by floods, fires and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Additional spaces received financial assistance in modernizing facilities and gear that helped artists and audiences.
"The concept that revenue from performances in major spaces supports the smaller venues, where it begins for musicians like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has stated.
Fender is not the first artist to donate his Mercury Prize funds to good deeds.
Back when they received the trophy in 1996 for their record their work, frontman the singer announced that the band would contribute their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite shared her prize between a few organizations, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I gave a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed better apparatus," Ms Dynamite explained to outlets.
Two years ago, they contributed their funds to the youth organization that nurtured their group, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Also 1994 winners the group contributed their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was identified with the illness.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," remarked vocalist the singer. "The money was the extra but we didn't need the extra, because we had the honor. So our winning impacted somebody else's life."
Recently, the MVT shared it had saved two grassroots venues in that region, by transferring them to local control.
One venue in that area and the second in Bristol were purchased under the public acquisition program, which is backed by Arts Council England and music fans who acquire "ownership units" in the venues.
