The artist has handed over the full amount of his £25,000 honor prize money to the trust for venues, which works to protect the Britain's small concert spaces.
The star was presented with the cheque on 16 October as his new release the album was named the top album of the last 12 months.
He has decided to hand the money over to the trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function local spots played in his early career.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing this success if it wasn't for all the gigs I did around the area, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," said Fender. "These venues are renowned, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these venues have ceased operations – about one-sixth of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, major artists like the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by applying a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which supports smaller concert halls.
Fender also participated, collecting more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support thirty-eight local spots across Britain.
The donation assisted venues that were dealing with imminent closure due to issues stemming from flooding, fires and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and sound issues.
Other venues were granted funding support in modernizing infrastructure and gear that directly benefitted artists and fans.
"The notion that money from performances in major spaces supports the local stages, where it begins for artists like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has said.
Fender is not the first artist to contribute his Mercury Prize prize money to charitable organizations.
Back when the band won the prize in the mid-90s for their record Different Class, lead singer Jarvis Cocker declared that the act would give their winnings to the charity War Child.
During 2002, artist the artist shared her bounty among several good causes, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I contributed a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they required better apparatus," Ms Dynamite shared with the media.
Two years ago, the band gave their winnings to the community center that nurtured their group, as well as other independent music bodies.
Additionally the 1994 recipients they donated their winnings to a MS organization after a close contact was identified with the illness.
"Winning was sufficient," remarked vocalist Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't require the extra, because we had the honor. So our winning impacted another person's life."
Last week, the MVT revealed it had protected two local spots in that region, by transferring them to community ownership.
One venue in the city and the second in that location were purchased under the public acquisition program, which is funded by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who acquire "shares" in the venues.
