The star has handed over the full amount of his £25,000 award winnings to the trust for venues, which functions to protect the Britain's grassroots concert spaces.
The star was awarded the cheque on mid-October as his third album his work was chosen as the top album of the last 12 months.
Fender has chosen to hand the money over to the trust, in recognition of the crucial part grassroots venues had in his beginning days.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing this success if it weren't for all the gigs I performed around the North East, and further afield, when I was just getting going," remarked the artist. "These spaces are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have shut down – approximately 16% of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, major artists like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by including a modest fee to their ticket costs, which goes to help independent venues.
Fender also took part, generating in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to help 38 local spots across Britain.
The money supported spaces that were dealing with imminent closure due to issues arising from flooding, blazes and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and sound issues.
Some locations obtained monetary aid in modernizing facilities and technical equipment that positively impacted performers and fans.
"The concept that revenue from concerts in large arenas supports the independent spots, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has said.
Fender is far from the only musician to contribute his Mercury Prize funds to good deeds.
Back when the band received the trophy in the year 1996 for their album their work, lead singer Cocker announced that the group would contribute their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, musician she split her bounty between a few organizations, like the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I donated a grand to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked new equipment," Ms Dynamite told a publication.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective contributed their funds to the youth organization that developed their band, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally 1994 winners the group donated their award to a charity for MS after a friend was diagnosed the condition.
"Receiving the award was ample," remarked singer Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the cake. So our success impacted another person's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had protected two small stages in that region, by transferring them to community ownership.
One venue in Southampton and the second in the city were acquired under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is backed by the arts council and enthusiasts who buy "ownership units" in the venues.
