The artist has handed over the full amount of his £25k award winnings to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the UK's small music venues.
He was presented with the prize on mid-October as his third album his work was named the best record of the last 12 months.
The musician has opted to give the cash to the MVT, in appreciation of the essential function small stages fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing this success if it wasn't for all the performances I performed around the area, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," remarked Sam Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these venues have permanently closed – about one-sixth of the total UK scene.
In the last year, top acts such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a small levy to their ticket prices, which goes to help local stages.
Sam Fender also took part, collecting more than £100,000 on his recent tour to help numerous local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation supported spaces that were confronting possible closure due to difficulties arising from floods, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as permit problems, court cases and noise complaints.
Additional spaces obtained funding support in modernizing amenities and gear that positively impacted musicians and audiences.
"The notion that revenue from performances in major spaces helps the independent spots, where it all starts for artists like me, is just common sense," Fender has said.
He is not the first artist to give his Mercury Prize prize money to charitable organizations.
When the band received the trophy in the year 1996 for their release their work, vocalist Jarvis Cocker announced that the band would contribute their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer she split her award across multiple organizations, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also gave a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed better apparatus," she shared with the media.
In recent years, the band donated their funds to the community center that developed their band, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally the 1994 recipients M People donated their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was diagnosed the illness.
"The victory was ample," stated singer the singer. "The cash was the extra but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the honor. So our success affected another person's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had saved a couple of local spots in south-east England, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The Joiners in Southampton and the other in that location were bought under the public acquisition program, which is backed by Arts Council England and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the properties.
