The star has handed over the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound award winnings to the trust for venues, which works to save the Britain's small concert spaces.
The star was presented with the award on October 16 as his latest record his work was named the outstanding release of the previous year.
He has decided to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the crucial part local spots fulfilled in his early career.
"As an artist would not have achieved this success if it hadn't been for all the performances I played around the region, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," said Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these venues have shut down – approximately one-sixth of the total UK scene.
In the last year, top acts such as Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by adding a small levy to their ticket prices, which supports independent venues.
Sam Fender also took part, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to help numerous local spots across Britain.
The donation supported spaces that were confronting imminent closure due to difficulties stemming from water damage, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces were granted monetary aid in modernizing infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted performers and audiences.
"The idea that money from concerts in major spaces backs the smaller venues, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just common sense," the star has stated.
Fender is not the first artist to give his Mercury Prize funds to charitable organizations.
Back when the band received the trophy in 1996 for their album the album, lead singer the singer declared that the act would donate their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
In 2002, artist she split her bounty among multiple organizations, such as the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I contributed a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked new equipment," Ms Dynamite told outlets.
Previously, the band donated their winnings to the youth organization that supported their act, alongside other local music groups.
Additionally the 1994 recipients they gave their prize to a charity for MS after a friend was found to have the disease.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," stated artist Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't need the extra, because we had the cake. So our success affected another person's life."
In the past week, the MVT shared it had protected several small stages in that region, by placing them under public stewardship.
The first in Southampton and the other in Bristol were purchased under the community ownership scheme, which is supported by a national body and music fans who buy "shares" in the venues.
