The artist has donated the complete sum of his £25,000 award prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to save the UK's independent concert spaces.
The star was presented with the cheque on 16 October as his new release his work was declared the outstanding release of the past year.
He has opted to give the cash to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the crucial part small stages fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I would not have achieved my current career if it hadn't been for all the shows I performed around the region, and further afield, when I was just getting going," remarked Sam Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these venues have ceased operations – roughly 16% of the total UK scene.
In the last year, major artists including the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by adding a modest fee to their ticket costs, which benefits independent venues.
He also participated, collecting over £100k on his recent tour to assist thirty-eight grassroots venues across the UK.
The money helped spaces that were dealing with imminent closure due to difficulties arising from water damage, fires and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and noise complaints.
Other venues received funding support in improving amenities and technical equipment that helped musicians and fans.
"The idea that revenue from performances in big venues supports the local stages, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just common sense," the star has commented.
Fender is not the first artist to donate his Mercury Prize prize money to good deeds.
Back when Pulp received the award in 1996 for their album Different Class, lead singer the singer stated that the band would donate their winnings to the non-profit the charity.
That year, artist Ms Dynamite divided her prize between several good causes, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I donated a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they required better apparatus," Ms Dynamite shared with the media.
Previously, the band gave their funds to the youth organization that nurtured their group, as well as other independent music bodies.
Additionally 1994 winners M People gave their winnings to a charity for MS after a friend was diagnosed the illness.
"Winning was ample," stated singer Small. "The prize was the bonus but we could do without the bonus, because we had the cake. So our victory impacted somebody else's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had protected two local spots in the South East, by transferring them to local control.
The first in the city and the other in that location were bought under the public acquisition scheme, which is funded by a national body and music fans who buy "ownership units" in the buildings.
