The artist has given the complete sum of his £25k honor prize money to the trust for venues, which functions to save the Britain's grassroots concert spaces.
The star was presented with the prize on 16 October as his latest record his work was chosen as the outstanding release of the previous year.
The musician has decided to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role small stages played in his beginning days.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing this success if it wasn't for all the shows I performed around the North East, and beyond, when I was beginning," said the artist. "These spaces are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these venues have permanently closed – roughly one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Recently, top acts such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its initiatives to help venues survive, by including a modest fee to their ticket prices, which supports independent venues.
Sam Fender also took part, raising more than £100,000 on his recent tour to assist thirty-eight small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money supported spaces that were confronting potential shutdown due to challenges stemming from flooding, blazes and personal losses, as well as permit problems, conflicts and sound issues.
Other venues obtained monetary aid in modernizing facilities and technical equipment that directly benefitted performers and audiences.
"The concept that revenue from concerts in large arenas helps the local stages, where it all starts for performers like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to contribute his Mercury Prize winnings to good deeds.
When the band won the award in the year 1996 for their album the album, lead singer Jarvis Cocker announced that the act would donate their winnings to the charity War Child.
That year, artist Ms Dynamite divided her prize between a few charities, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I gave a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they required better apparatus," Ms Dynamite told outlets.
In recent years, they contributed their winnings to the community center that supported their act, as well as other independent music bodies.
And 1994 winners M People contributed their prize to a MS organization after a acquaintance was identified with the condition.
"Winning was quite enough," said vocalist the singer. "The cash was the extra but we could do without the bonus, because we had the honor. So our winning touched somebody else's life."
In the past week, the MVT revealed it had protected two local spots in the South East, by bringing them into local control.
The Joiners in that area and The Croft in the city were acquired under the community ownership program, which is funded by the arts council and supporters who acquire "stakes" in the properties.
