The artist has donated the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound award prize money to the trust for venues, which operates to preserve the United Kingdom's grassroots concert spaces.
The star was awarded the cheque on October 16 as his latest record People Watching was declared the top album of the past year.
Fender has decided to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the crucial part local spots had in his early career.
"I personally wouldn't be doing my current career if it hadn't been for all the gigs I performed around the region, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," stated the artist. "These locations are legendary, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these locations have shut down – about one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Recently, top acts including the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the trust in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a modest fee to their ticket prices, which supports smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also joined in, collecting over £100k on his live tour to help numerous local spots across the UK.
The donation assisted locations that were confronting imminent closure due to difficulties arising from floods, fires and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, court cases and sound issues.
Some locations obtained monetary aid in improving facilities and gear that positively impacted performers and concertgoers.
"The concept that money from concerts in major spaces helps the local stages, where it all starts for performers like me, is just common sense," the star has said.
Fender is not the first artist to give his Mercury Prize prize money to good deeds.
In the band won the award in the year 1996 for their album their work, lead singer the singer stated that the group would contribute their winnings to the organization War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite divided her award across a few organizations, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I contributed a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they required updated gear," the artist told a publication.
Two years ago, the band donated their prize money to the community center that supported their group, alongside other independent music bodies.
Also winners that year M People contributed their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was diagnosed the illness.
"Winning was ample," said artist Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our success impacted the lives of others."
In the past week, the trust shared it had rescued several grassroots venues in south-east England, by transferring them to public stewardship.
One venue in the city and The Croft in that location were purchased under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is supported by the arts council and enthusiasts who buy "ownership units" in the properties.
