The star has handed over the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound honor cash to the Music Venues Trust, which works to preserve the United Kingdom's small concert spaces.
Fender was given the prize on 16 October as his new release the album was declared the top album of the previous year.
He has decided to give the cash to the MVT, in appreciation of the essential function local spots played in his early career.
"As an artist would not have achieved my current career if it hadn't been for all the gigs I played around the North East, and further afield, when I was just getting going," said Sam Fender. "These venues are renowned, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these locations have ceased operations – roughly one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, top acts like the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by including a small levy to their admission fees, which benefits independent venues.
Sam Fender also took part, raising more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support numerous grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money helped venues that were facing possible closure due to challenges caused by water damage, fires and bereavements, as well as permit problems, court cases and noise complaints.
Some locations were granted monetary aid in upgrading infrastructure and gear that helped performers and fans.
"The notion that funds from performances in major spaces backs the smaller venues, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just sensible," the star has commented.
He is far from the only musician to give his Mercury Prize winnings to worthy causes.
When the band received the award in 1996 for their record their work, lead singer the singer announced that the band would donate their prize money to the organization War Child.
In 2002, musician she split her award between multiple good causes, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I contributed a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked new equipment," she told outlets.
Two years ago, the band contributed their winnings to the local youth club that developed their band, as well as other independent music bodies.
Additionally winners that year M People contributed their prize to a MS organization after a close contact was identified with the illness.
"Winning was quite enough," stated vocalist the singer. "The prize was the bonus but we could do without the extra, because we had the cake. So our success touched another person's life."
Recently, the MVT revealed it had rescued two grassroots venues in the South East, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The Joiners in the city and The Croft in the city were bought under the public acquisition scheme, which is funded by a national body and supporters who buy "stakes" in the buildings.
