The star has handed over the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound award prize money to the MVT, which works to save the UK's grassroots music venues.
The star was presented with the award on 16 October as his third album People Watching was named the best record of the last 12 months.
He has chosen to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role grassroots venues had in his initial steps.
"I personally wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it weren't for all the performances I performed around the area, and beyond, when I was starting out," said Sam Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these venues have permanently closed – about 16% of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, major artists like Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by including a small levy to their admission fees, which goes to help independent venues.
Sam Fender also took part, collecting over £100k on his live tour to assist numerous local spots across the UK.
The donation helped locations that were dealing with imminent closure due to difficulties arising from water damage, fires and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Some locations received financial assistance in upgrading infrastructure and gear that directly benefitted artists and fans.
"The notion that money from concerts in major spaces helps the independent spots, where it all starts for performers like me, is just common sense," Fender has commented.
The musician is among several artists to donate his Mercury Prize winnings to charitable organizations.
When the band earned the award in the mid-90s for their release their work, frontman Jarvis Cocker announced that the group would contribute their winnings to the organization War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer the artist split her prize among a few organizations, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I contributed a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked better apparatus," Ms Dynamite shared with outlets.
In recent years, Ezra Collective gave their prize money to the local youth club that developed their group, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
Also the 1994 recipients M People contributed their prize to a MS organization after a acquaintance was diagnosed the disease.
"Winning was quite enough," said vocalist Heather Small. "The prize was the extra but we could do without the bonus, because we had the cake. So our victory impacted somebody else's life."
Last week, the trust announced it had saved a couple of small stages in south-east England, by bringing them into public stewardship.
One venue in Southampton and the other in Bristol were bought under the public acquisition initiative, which is backed by the arts council and music fans who acquire "stakes" in the venues.
