The star has given the complete sum of his £25k award winnings to the MVT, which works to save the United Kingdom's independent music venues.
The star was presented with the cheque on mid-October as his latest record People Watching was chosen as the best record of the last 12 months.
The musician has opted to hand the money over to the MVT, in recognition of the crucial part small stages fulfilled in his initial steps.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the shows I did around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," remarked Sam Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have shut down – about one-sixth of the total UK scene.
Recently, major artists including Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by including a modest fee to their ticket costs, which supports smaller concert halls.
Fender also joined in, raising more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to help thirty-eight grassroots venues across Britain.
These funds assisted locations that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties stemming from water damage, fires and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Other venues obtained financial assistance in upgrading infrastructure and technical equipment that positively impacted artists and fans.
"The concept that funds from performances in major spaces supports the independent spots, where it begins for performers like me, is just logical," the star has said.
He is among several artists to give his Mercury Prize winnings to good deeds.
Back when the band received the award in the mid-90s for their release the album, vocalist Jarvis Cocker stated that the band would give their winnings to the charity War Child.
That year, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite split her bounty among several organizations, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I donated a grand to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they required better apparatus," Ms Dynamite told outlets.
Previously, the band contributed their prize money to the local youth club that nurtured their group, as well as other local music groups.
And the 1994 recipients they contributed their prize to a MS organization after a close contact was diagnosed the condition.
"Winning was sufficient," remarked singer the singer. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the honor. So our success affected the lives of others."
Last week, the MVT revealed it had protected several small stages in the South East, by bringing them into local control.
The first in Southampton and the second in that location were bought under the public acquisition program, which is backed by the arts council and music fans who buy "ownership units" in the buildings.
