The star has donated the entirety of his £25k award cash to the MVT, which works to protect the Britain's independent live music spots.
He was awarded the award on 16 October as his third album People Watching was chosen as the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
Fender has opted to give the cash to the trust, in appreciation of the essential function grassroots venues had in his initial steps.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing my current career if it weren't for all the gigs I played around the area, and further afield, when I was just getting going," said Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – approximately one-sixth of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, top acts like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by adding a small levy to their ticket costs, which benefits independent venues.
Sam Fender also joined in, generating more than £100,000 on his recent tour to help thirty-eight grassroots venues across Britain.
The donation assisted venues that were dealing with imminent closure due to difficulties caused by flooding, blazes and personal losses, as well as permit problems, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Some locations were granted financial assistance in improving amenities and sound and lighting systems that helped performers and fans.
"The concept that money from performances in major spaces backs the smaller venues, where it all starts for performers like me, is just logical," Fender has stated.
He is far from the only musician to donate his Mercury Prize winnings to good deeds.
In they earned the award in the year 1996 for their record the album, lead singer Cocker announced that the act would donate their cash to the non-profit the charity.
During 2002, rapper and singer she shared her prize between several organizations, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I contributed a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they required better apparatus," Ms Dynamite explained to outlets.
Previously, Ezra Collective gave their prize money to the community center that supported their band, alongside other independent music bodies.
Additionally winners that year M People contributed their award to a MS organization after a acquaintance was identified with the illness.
"The victory was sufficient," said artist the singer. "The cash was the bonus but we could do without the bonus, because we had the cake. So our success affected somebody else's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had protected two local spots in the South East, by placing them under community ownership.
The Joiners in the city and The Croft in that location were bought under the public acquisition scheme, which is supported by a national body and enthusiasts who purchase "shares" in the properties.
