The star has handed over the complete sum of his £25k honor prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to preserve the United Kingdom's grassroots concert spaces.
The star was awarded the award on 16 October as his latest record his work was declared the best record of the past year.
The musician has decided to give the cash to the trust, in appreciation of the crucial part small stages played in his initial steps.
"As an artist would not have achieved this success if it hadn't been for all the gigs I performed around the region, and beyond, when I was starting out," said Sam Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have shut down – approximately 16% of the entire UK sector.
Recently, top acts such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the trust in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by including a small levy to their ticket prices, which goes to help local stages.
He also joined in, raising more than £100,000 on his live tour to help numerous local spots across Britain.
The money assisted venues that were confronting possible closure due to difficulties stemming from water damage, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces were granted funding support in improving facilities and gear that directly benefitted musicians and fans.
"The idea that funds from concerts in large arenas helps the independent spots, where it begins for artists like me, is just sensible," Fender has said.
He is among several artists to contribute his Mercury Prize winnings to worthy causes.
In Pulp won the prize in 1996 for their record Different Class, frontman Jarvis Cocker declared that the act would contribute their cash to the non-profit the charity.
In 2002, artist Ms Dynamite split her prize between multiple charities, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also gave a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they needed better apparatus," she told the media.
Two years ago, the band contributed their funds to the local youth club that supported their act, as well as other local music groups.
Additionally 1994 winners the group gave their prize to a MS organization after a acquaintance was identified with the condition.
"Winning was quite enough," stated singer Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't need the extra, because we had the main prize. So our success impacted another person's life."
In the past week, the trust shared it had protected a couple of grassroots venues in the South East, by placing them under public stewardship.
The first in that area and the second in Bristol were purchased under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is funded by the arts council and supporters who purchase "ownership units" in the properties.
