The artist has handed over the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound award cash to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the United Kingdom's grassroots music venues.
The star was given the cheque on 16 October as his new release the album was declared the top album of the past year.
He has chosen to give the cash to the trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function small stages fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I would not have achieved what I am doing today if it weren't for all the shows I played around the area, and beyond, when I was starting out," stated Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these venues have shut down – about one-sixth of the total UK scene.
In the last year, top acts like the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by adding a small levy to their ticket costs, which goes to help local stages.
He also joined in, collecting more than £100,000 on his recent tour to help numerous local spots across Britain.
The donation assisted spaces that were confronting potential shutdown due to challenges caused by water damage, blazes and bereavements, as well as permit problems, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Some locations were granted funding support in modernizing amenities and sound and lighting systems that helped performers and concertgoers.
"The notion that revenue from performances in large arenas supports the local stages, where it begins for artists like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has said.
The musician is among several artists to donate his Mercury Prize winnings to good deeds.
In they won the trophy in 1996 for their release Different Class, vocalist Cocker declared that the act would give their cash to the organization the charity.
In 2002, rapper and singer the artist shared her award among several charities, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also donated a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked new equipment," Ms Dynamite shared with the media.
Previously, Ezra Collective gave their winnings to the local youth club that supported their act, as well as other independent music bodies.
Additionally 1994 winners the group donated their award to a MS organization after a acquaintance was found to have the condition.
"The victory was sufficient," said artist Small. "The money was the bonus but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our winning touched somebody else's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had protected a couple of small stages in south-east England, by transferring them to community ownership.
The Joiners in the city and The Croft in Bristol were purchased under the public acquisition scheme, which is supported by the arts council and music fans who acquire "ownership units" in the venues.
