The artist has donated the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound honor winnings to the trust for venues, which works to protect the Britain's grassroots music venues.
The star was given the award on mid-October as his latest record his work was chosen as the top album of the previous year.
The musician has decided to donate the funds to the trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role local spots played in his early career.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing this success if it hadn't been for all the gigs I played around the North East, and beyond, when I was beginning," said Sam Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these venues have shut down – roughly one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Recently, major artists such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its attempts to help venues survive, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which supports independent venues.
Sam Fender also participated, collecting over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to help numerous local spots across Britain.
These funds assisted locations that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties arising from flooding, blazes and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and sound issues.
Other venues were granted monetary aid in modernizing infrastructure and technical equipment that helped musicians and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from concerts in major spaces helps the independent spots, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has stated.
Fender is far from the only musician to donate his Mercury Prize prize money to charitable organizations.
In they earned the award in the mid-90s for their record Different Class, frontman Cocker declared that the group would give their cash to the charity the charity.
During 2002, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite split her prize between several charities, like the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I contributed a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed new equipment," the artist told the media.
Previously, the band contributed their funds to the local youth club that developed their band, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally the 1994 recipients they donated their award to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was identified with the condition.
"The victory was ample," said artist Heather Small. "The prize was the extra but we didn't need the extra, because we had the main prize. So our winning impacted the lives of others."
Recently, the MVT shared it had saved a couple of grassroots venues in that region, by bringing them into community ownership.
The first in Southampton and The Croft in Bristol were purchased under the community ownership scheme, which is backed by the arts council and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the properties.
