The star has donated the entirety of his £25,000 award prize money to the MVT, which works to protect the United Kingdom's small music venues.
The star was presented with the prize on 16 October as his latest record his work was declared the best record of the previous year.
Fender has opted to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the essential function small stages played in his initial steps.
"I would not have achieved my current career if it weren't for all the gigs I did around the area, and further afield, when I was beginning," remarked Sam Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these locations have ceased operations – roughly 16% of the total UK scene.
In the last year, well-known musicians such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by adding a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which goes to help independent venues.
Sam Fender also participated, collecting more than £100,000 on his live tour to help 38 grassroots venues across Britain.
The money assisted venues that were confronting possible closure due to challenges stemming from floods, blazes and personal losses, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and sound issues.
Other venues obtained financial assistance in modernizing facilities and sound and lighting systems that helped performers and fans.
"The notion that money from performances in large arenas supports the independent spots, where it begins for performers like me, is just sensible," Fender has said.
Fender is among several artists to contribute his Mercury Prize prize money to good deeds.
Back when Pulp received the award in 1996 for their album Different Class, lead singer the singer declared that the group would donate their cash to the organization War Child.
In 2002, artist she divided her prize between multiple charities, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I contributed a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they needed new equipment," Ms Dynamite shared with outlets.
In recent years, they contributed their winnings to the community center that nurtured their group, alongside other local music groups.
Additionally 1994 winners the group donated their prize to a charity for MS after a close contact was identified with the condition.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," stated vocalist Heather Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our winning affected the lives of others."
Recently, the MVT revealed it had saved a couple of small stages in south-east England, by bringing them into local control.
The Joiners in the city and the other in the city were acquired under the public acquisition scheme, which is supported by Arts Council England and supporters who acquire "stakes" in the venues.
