The artist has handed over the complete sum of his £25k award prize money to the trust for venues, which operates to protect the United Kingdom's small live music spots.
He was presented with the award on 16 October as his new release the album was declared the top album of the past year.
The musician has decided to hand the money over to the MVT, in appreciation of the essential function grassroots venues had in his early career.
"I wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the performances I did around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," said Sam Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these locations have ceased operations – roughly 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, well-known musicians including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to support the industry, by applying a small levy to their ticket costs, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Fender also took part, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to help thirty-eight local spots across Britain.
The money supported spaces that were dealing with possible closure due to issues stemming from water damage, fires and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and noise complaints.
Other venues received monetary aid in modernizing amenities and technical equipment that directly benefitted musicians and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from concerts in big venues helps the smaller venues, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has commented.
He is far from the only musician to give his Mercury Prize prize money to good deeds.
Back when Pulp won the award in the year 1996 for their album their work, frontman the singer declared that the act would donate their cash to the non-profit War Child.
That year, artist she shared her prize between multiple good causes, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I gave a grand to the center, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed better apparatus," Ms Dynamite told a publication.
In recent years, the band donated their funds to the youth organization that nurtured their band, alongside other independent music bodies.
Also the 1994 recipients the group gave their prize to a charity for MS after a friend was diagnosed the condition.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," remarked singer the singer. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our victory affected another person's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had saved two grassroots venues in south-east England, by placing them under local control.
The first in that area and the other in Bristol were bought under the community ownership program, which is funded by the arts council and supporters who buy "stakes" in the properties.
