The artist has donated the complete sum of his £25,000 award winnings to the trust for venues, which functions to save the Britain's grassroots music venues.
Fender was given the cheque on October 16 as his latest record People Watching was named the best record of the previous year.
He has decided to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the essential function local spots played in his beginning days.
"As an artist would not have achieved my current career if it wasn't for all the gigs I did around the North East, and further afield, when I was just getting going," remarked the artist. "These venues are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these locations have shut down – roughly one-sixth of the total UK scene.
Recently, major artists like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by including a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which benefits independent venues.
He also participated, raising over £100k on his recent tour to assist numerous small stages across Britain.
These funds supported spaces that were confronting potential shutdown due to issues caused by floods, fires and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, conflicts and sound issues.
Some locations obtained financial assistance in upgrading infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that helped musicians and concertgoers.
"The notion that revenue from performances in big venues helps the smaller venues, where it begins for performers like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has stated.
He is not the first artist to give his Mercury Prize funds to good deeds.
Back when they won the award in the mid-90s for their record their work, frontman Jarvis Cocker declared that the band would give their winnings to the charity War Child.
In 2002, musician she split her prize between several good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I donated a grand to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they required updated gear," the artist explained to outlets.
Previously, they donated their prize money to the community center that developed their group, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Also winners that year the group donated their prize to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was diagnosed the disease.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," remarked singer Heather Small. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the cake. So our success affected another person's life."
Last week, the trust shared it had protected a couple of local spots in that region, by bringing them into public stewardship.
One venue in the city and the other in that location were acquired under the public acquisition initiative, which is backed by Arts Council England and music fans who purchase "stakes" in the venues.
