The star has donated the full amount of his £25,000 award prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to protect the Britain's small music venues.
He was presented with the cheque on mid-October as his third album People Watching was chosen as the best record of the past year.
He has decided to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the vital role small stages fulfilled in his beginning days.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the shows I performed around the area, and further afield, when I was just getting going," remarked Sam Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these venues have permanently closed – roughly one-sixth of the total UK scene.
Recently, well-known musicians like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by applying a modest fee to their ticket prices, which goes to help independent venues.
Fender also joined in, collecting over £100k on his recent tour to help numerous grassroots venues across the UK.
The donation assisted spaces that were dealing with potential shutdown due to issues caused by flooding, fires and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Additional spaces obtained monetary aid in upgrading facilities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted musicians and fans.
"The idea that money from shows in major spaces helps the local stages, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just sensible," Fender has stated.
Fender is far from the only musician to give his Mercury Prize prize money to worthy causes.
In they won the award in the year 1996 for their record Different Class, lead singer Jarvis Cocker declared that the band would give their prize money to the charity War Child.
In 2002, artist the artist shared her bounty across a few charities, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I contributed a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they required new equipment," Ms Dynamite told a publication.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective gave their winnings to the community center that developed their group, as well as other independent music bodies.
Additionally winners that year the group donated their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was identified with the illness.
"Winning was quite enough," said singer Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the honor. So our success impacted another person's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had saved two grassroots venues in south-east England, by bringing them into local control.
The Joiners in Southampton and the second in Bristol were purchased under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is backed by the arts council and enthusiasts who purchase "shares" in the buildings.
