The star has donated the complete sum of his £25,000 honor cash to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the UK's grassroots live music spots.
Fender was given the award on October 16 as his latest record his work was declared the best record of the previous year.
Fender has opted to donate the funds to the MVT, in appreciation of the essential function grassroots venues played in his early career.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing my current career if it hadn't been for all the shows I performed around the region, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," stated Sam Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have ceased operations – about 16% of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, top acts like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to support the industry, by applying a modest fee to their ticket prices, which supports smaller concert halls.
Fender also participated, collecting over £100k on his recent tour to assist thirty-eight local spots across the UK.
The money helped locations that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties caused by water damage, fires and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and noise complaints.
Some locations were granted monetary aid in modernizing amenities and gear that positively impacted performers and concertgoers.
"The idea that money from performances in major spaces supports the local stages, where it begins for artists like me, is just common sense," Fender has stated.
The musician is far from the only musician to give his Mercury Prize prize money to good deeds.
Back when Pulp received the award in the year 1996 for their record their work, vocalist the singer announced that the group would give their cash to the organization the charity.
During 2002, artist Ms Dynamite shared her prize across a few organizations, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also gave a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they needed better apparatus," Ms Dynamite told outlets.
Two years ago, the band contributed their winnings to the youth organization that nurtured their group, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Additionally 1994 winners they donated their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was identified with the condition.
"The victory was sufficient," remarked artist the singer. "The cash was the extra but we could do without the cherry, because we had the cake. So our success impacted the lives of others."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust announced it had rescued a couple of local spots in that region, by bringing them into community ownership.
The first in that area and the other in that location were acquired under the public acquisition scheme, which is funded by the arts council and enthusiasts who purchase "stakes" in the properties.
