The star has given the full amount of his £25k honor winnings to the trust for venues, which operates to preserve the Britain's small music venues.
The star was presented with the prize on October 16 as his new release the album was declared the outstanding release of the previous year.
Fender has decided to give the cash to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the essential function grassroots venues had in his beginning days.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the gigs I performed around the area, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," said the artist. "These locations are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these locations have ceased operations – roughly one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Recently, top acts including the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by applying a small levy to their admission fees, which goes to help independent venues.
Fender also joined in, collecting over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to help thirty-eight local spots across the UK.
The donation helped venues that were facing possible closure due to difficulties arising from flooding, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as permit problems, court cases and sound issues.
Other venues received monetary aid in upgrading infrastructure and technical equipment that positively impacted musicians and audiences.
"The notion that money from performances in large arenas supports the smaller venues, where it begins for artists like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has said.
The musician is not the first artist to donate his Mercury Prize prize money to good deeds.
In the band earned the award in 1996 for their record Different Class, vocalist the singer announced that the group would give their winnings to the charity the charity.
In 2002, rapper and singer the artist shared her bounty among a few good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I gave a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked updated gear," she shared with outlets.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective contributed their winnings to the local youth club that supported their band, as well as other independent music bodies.
Additionally winners that year they gave their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was found to have the disease.
"Winning was ample," said vocalist the singer. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the honor. So our success touched somebody else's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust announced it had saved several small stages in that region, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The Joiners in that area and the second in that location were purchased under the public acquisition program, which is funded by Arts Council England and supporters who buy "shares" in the venues.
