The artist has donated the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound honor prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to protect the UK's independent live music spots.
Fender was presented with the award on mid-October as his new release his work was chosen as the top album of the previous year.
The musician has decided to hand the money over to the MVT, in appreciation of the essential function local spots played in his initial steps.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing my current career if it hadn't been for all the gigs I played around the region, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," said Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – roughly 16% of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, major artists such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by applying a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which supports independent venues.
Sam Fender also participated, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to help numerous local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money helped venues that were confronting possible closure due to issues stemming from floods, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as permit problems, conflicts and noise complaints.
Additional spaces obtained financial assistance in upgrading infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that helped musicians and fans.
"The notion that funds from shows in major spaces backs the smaller venues, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just sensible," Fender has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to contribute his Mercury Prize winnings to good deeds.
When the band won the prize in the year 1996 for their record the album, lead singer Jarvis Cocker announced that the band would donate their cash to the charity the charity.
In 2002, musician Ms Dynamite shared her prize among several good causes, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I gave a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked new equipment," the artist told a publication.
Previously, the band contributed their prize money to the local youth club that developed their act, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
And 1994 winners they gave their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was diagnosed the condition.
"Receiving the award was ample," stated artist Heather Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we could do without the extra, because we had the honor. So our victory affected the lives of others."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust shared it had saved several grassroots venues in that region, by bringing them into community ownership.
One venue in that area and the second in Bristol were acquired under the community ownership scheme, which is supported by the arts council and music fans who buy "shares" in the buildings.
