The artist has given the complete sum of his £25,000 honor prize money to the MVT, which works to preserve the United Kingdom's small music venues.
Fender was presented with the award on October 16 as his new release People Watching was named the best record of the last 12 months.
He has opted to hand the money over to the trust, in appreciation of the crucial part small stages played in his initial steps.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing this success if it hadn't been for all the performances I performed around the area, and further afield, when I was just getting going," stated Sam Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these locations have shut down – roughly 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, major artists like the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by adding a modest fee to their ticket prices, which benefits smaller concert halls.
He also joined in, collecting more than £100,000 on his live tour to assist 38 local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation helped spaces that were confronting imminent closure due to issues stemming from floods, blazes and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and neighbor objections.
Some locations were granted funding support in modernizing facilities and technical equipment that helped musicians and concertgoers.
"The concept that money from shows in large arenas backs the smaller venues, where it begins for artists like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is among several artists to contribute his Mercury Prize winnings to worthy causes.
Back when Pulp won the award in the year 1996 for their album Different Class, frontman Cocker declared that the act would contribute their winnings to the non-profit the charity.
In 2002, musician the artist shared her award across a few good causes, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also contributed a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked better apparatus," Ms Dynamite told a publication.
Two years ago, the band donated their prize money to the youth organization that developed their band, alongside other independent music bodies.
Also winners that year M People gave their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was diagnosed the condition.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," said vocalist the singer. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our victory impacted another person's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had saved several small stages in south-east England, by transferring them to community ownership.
The first in the city and the other in the city were purchased under the community ownership initiative, which is supported by Arts Council England and music fans who buy "shares" in the venues.
