The star has handed over the full amount of his £25k award winnings to the trust for venues, which functions to protect the UK's grassroots concert spaces.
He was awarded the prize on 16 October as his new release his work was declared the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
The musician has decided to hand the money over to the trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role grassroots venues had in his initial steps.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it weren't for all the shows I performed around the region, and further afield, when I was just getting going," said Sam Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these locations have ceased operations – roughly one-sixth of the total UK scene.
In the last year, top acts such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its initiatives to help venues survive, by including a modest fee to their admission fees, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Fender also took part, collecting over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to support numerous grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money helped locations that were facing potential shutdown due to difficulties arising from floods, fires and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Some locations obtained funding support in modernizing facilities and sound and lighting systems that helped musicians and audiences.
"The notion that money from concerts in major spaces supports the smaller venues, where it all starts for artists like me, is just common sense," the star has said.
The musician is far from the only musician to donate his Mercury Prize funds to good deeds.
Back when Pulp received the award in 1996 for their release Different Class, frontman Jarvis Cocker announced that the group would contribute their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
That year, musician the artist split her prize between a few good causes, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I contributed a grand to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they needed better apparatus," Ms Dynamite shared with a publication.
In recent years, the band contributed their funds to the local youth club that supported their group, alongside other independent music bodies.
Additionally 1994 winners the group gave their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was diagnosed the illness.
"The victory was sufficient," stated vocalist Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the cake. So our victory impacted the lives of others."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had saved two grassroots venues in south-east England, by placing them under community ownership.
The Joiners in the city and The Croft in that location were acquired under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is funded by the arts council and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the venues.
