The star has given the complete sum of his £25,000 award prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which works to save the Britain's small concert spaces.
He was presented with the prize on mid-October as his latest record People Watching was named the best record of the last 12 months.
He has opted to hand the money over to the MVT, in recognition of the essential function local spots had in his early career.
"I wouldn't be doing this success if it wasn't for all the gigs I performed around the region, and further afield, when I was just getting going," stated Sam Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these spaces have shut down – roughly 16% of the total UK scene.
In the last year, major artists like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a modest fee to their admission fees, which supports smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also joined in, raising more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to help thirty-eight grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds helped spaces that were dealing with imminent closure due to difficulties caused by flooding, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as permit problems, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces were granted financial assistance in upgrading amenities and gear that helped artists and audiences.
"The idea that money from shows in large arenas backs the smaller venues, where it all starts for performers like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has stated.
Fender is among several artists to donate his Mercury Prize prize money to worthy causes.
When the band earned the trophy in the mid-90s for their record their work, frontman Cocker declared that the group would donate their prize money to the non-profit the charity.
That year, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite divided her award among several good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also donated a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they required updated gear," she shared with the media.
In recent years, the band contributed their winnings to the community center that supported their band, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Additionally 1994 winners the group contributed their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was found to have the condition.
"The victory was sufficient," remarked artist Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't require the extra, because we had the honor. So our victory affected another person's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had saved two grassroots venues in the South East, by placing them under public stewardship.
The first in the city and the second in Bristol were acquired under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is supported by a national body and supporters who buy "stakes" in the venues.
