The star has handed over the full amount of his £25k honor winnings to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the Britain's independent concert spaces.
He was awarded the award on mid-October as his latest record his work was chosen as the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
He has decided to hand the money over to the trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role small stages fulfilled in his early career.
"I personally would not have achieved my current career if it wasn't for all the gigs I did around the region, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," stated Sam Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – approximately 16% of the entire UK sector.
Recently, top acts like the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its initiatives to help venues survive, by including a modest fee to their admission fees, which goes to help local stages.
Sam Fender also joined in, generating more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to assist numerous local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation helped venues that were facing possible closure due to issues stemming from water damage, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Other venues obtained financial assistance in improving facilities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted performers and fans.
"The concept that money from performances in big venues supports the local stages, where it begins for performers like me, is just logical," Fender has said.
The musician is far from the only musician to give his Mercury Prize winnings to charitable organizations.
In the band won the award in 1996 for their album the album, vocalist the singer stated that the act would contribute their winnings to the charity War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer she divided her bounty between several organizations, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I donated a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they needed new equipment," the artist shared with a publication.
In recent years, they contributed their prize money to the youth organization that nurtured their act, alongside other independent music bodies.
Also 1994 winners the group donated their winnings to a charity for MS after a friend was diagnosed the disease.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," said vocalist Small. "The cash was the extra but we didn't require the extra, because we had the cake. So our winning touched the lives of others."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had saved a couple of local spots in south-east England, by placing them under community ownership.
The Joiners in the city and the second in Bristol were bought under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is supported by a national body and enthusiasts who buy "stakes" in the buildings.
