The star has handed over the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound award prize money to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the United Kingdom's grassroots concert spaces.
The star was presented with the award on October 16 as his latest record the album was chosen as the top album of the past year.
The musician has decided to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the crucial part small stages played in his beginning days.
"As an artist would not have achieved this success if it wasn't for all the gigs I performed around the North East, and beyond, when I was starting out," remarked Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – about one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, major artists like Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by adding a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
He also took part, generating in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to assist 38 local spots across Britain.
The money supported locations that were confronting potential shutdown due to issues stemming from floods, fires and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, court cases and neighbor objections.
Other venues received funding support in improving facilities and gear that positively impacted performers and audiences.
"The notion that revenue from performances in major spaces supports the smaller venues, where it all starts for performers like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has stated.
Fender is among several artists to give his Mercury Prize funds to good deeds.
When the band received the award in the year 1996 for their record their work, frontman Jarvis Cocker stated that the band would give their winnings to the organization War Child.
In 2002, artist the artist split her prize between a few charities, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I gave a thousand pounds to the center, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they required better apparatus," Ms Dynamite shared with a publication.
Previously, they gave their winnings to the youth organization that nurtured their group, in addition to other local music groups.
And 1994 winners the group donated their winnings to a charity for MS after a friend was identified with the illness.
"The victory was sufficient," remarked vocalist Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the cake. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
Last week, the MVT announced it had saved a couple of grassroots venues in south-east England, by transferring them to public stewardship.
One venue in Southampton and the other in Bristol were acquired under the public acquisition scheme, which is backed by the arts council and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the venues.
