The artist has handed over the full amount of his £25k honor prize money to the MVT, which works to protect the UK's grassroots concert spaces.
Fender was presented with the prize on mid-October as his latest record the album was chosen as the top album of the last 12 months.
He has decided to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part small stages fulfilled in his initial steps.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing this success if it wasn't for all the shows I played around the North East, and further afield, when I was just getting going," stated Sam Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these locations have permanently closed – roughly 16% of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, top acts like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its attempts to help venues survive, by including a modest fee to their admission fees, which supports smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also joined in, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to help numerous small stages across the UK.
These funds supported locations that were dealing with possible closure due to challenges caused by floods, fires and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Some locations received financial assistance in upgrading infrastructure and technical equipment that positively impacted artists and audiences.
"The concept that revenue from concerts in large arenas helps the independent spots, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has stated.
The musician is not the first artist to contribute his Mercury Prize winnings to worthy causes.
Back when Pulp won the award in the mid-90s for their album their work, lead singer the singer stated that the group would give their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite divided her bounty among a few charities, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also gave a thousand pounds to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked updated gear," Ms Dynamite explained to outlets.
Previously, the band donated their prize money to the youth organization that developed their band, alongside other independent music bodies.
And winners that year they gave their winnings to a MS organization after a acquaintance was identified with the illness.
"Receiving the award was ample," stated vocalist the singer. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't require the extra, because we had the main prize. So our success affected somebody else's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had rescued several grassroots venues in that region, by bringing them into community ownership.
The first in the city and the other in that location were bought under the Own Our Venues program, which is backed by the arts council and music fans who acquire "stakes" in the buildings.
