The star has given the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound honor prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which works to protect the UK's grassroots concert spaces.
He was given the cheque on October 16 as his third album his work was declared the top album of the last 12 months.
The musician has opted to hand the money over to the MVT, in recognition of the essential function local spots played in his early career.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the performances I did around the region, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," remarked Sam Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these venues have ceased operations – roughly one-sixth of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, top acts including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to support the industry, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which supports local stages.
He also took part, generating more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to help numerous grassroots venues across the UK.
The money helped venues that were facing possible closure due to issues arising from flooding, fires and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and neighbor objections.
Some locations obtained monetary aid in modernizing infrastructure and technical equipment that helped artists and concertgoers.
"The concept that revenue from shows in large arenas backs the smaller venues, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just common sense," the star has said.
Fender is not the first artist to contribute his Mercury Prize funds to worthy causes.
When they received the award in 1996 for their record the album, lead singer Jarvis Cocker announced that the band would donate their winnings to the organization War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite split her award between a few charities, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I contributed a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed better apparatus," Ms Dynamite told a publication.
In recent years, they donated their winnings to the youth organization that nurtured their act, alongside other local music groups.
Also 1994 winners M People gave their winnings to a charity for MS after a close contact was diagnosed the illness.
"Winning was sufficient," remarked artist Small. "The prize was the extra but we didn't need the extra, because we had the honor. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
Last week, the MVT shared it had rescued several grassroots venues in south-east England, by bringing them into local control.
One venue in Southampton and the second in that location were purchased under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is backed by a national body and music fans who acquire "shares" in the buildings.
