The star has given the entirety of his £25,000 award prize money to the trust for venues, which functions to save the Britain's independent live music spots.
The star was presented with the prize on October 16 as his new release his work was named the top album of the previous year.
The musician has opted to give the cash to the trust, in recognition of the essential function grassroots venues played in his initial steps.
"I personally wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the gigs I played around the North East, and further afield, when I was starting out," said the artist. "These spaces are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these venues have permanently closed – approximately one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, well-known musicians including the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its attempts to help venues survive, by adding a modest fee to their ticket costs, which supports local stages.
Fender also joined in, generating in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to help thirty-eight local spots across the UK.
The money assisted spaces that were dealing with potential shutdown due to difficulties caused by water damage, blazes and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, court cases and neighbor objections.
Other venues received financial assistance in modernizing facilities and gear that directly benefitted musicians and audiences.
"The concept that revenue from performances in major spaces supports the local stages, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has said.
Fender is not the first artist to give his Mercury Prize funds to good deeds.
When Pulp won the trophy in 1996 for their record their work, frontman the singer announced that the act would give their cash to the charity War Child.
That year, musician she divided her award among several charities, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also gave a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they needed better apparatus," she told a publication.
Previously, Ezra Collective donated their winnings to the local youth club that supported their band, as well as other local music groups.
And the 1994 recipients they gave their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was diagnosed the disease.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," said singer the singer. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our winning impacted another person's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had saved several grassroots venues in the South East, by bringing them into public stewardship.
One venue in the city and the other in that location were purchased under the community ownership initiative, which is supported by the arts council and enthusiasts who buy "stakes" in the venues.
