The star has given the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound award cash to the trust for venues, which functions to save the UK's small live music spots.
The star was presented with the award on October 16 as his new release the album was declared the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
The musician has opted to give the cash to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the essential function small stages fulfilled in his beginning days.
"As an artist would not have achieved my current career if it weren't for all the gigs I performed around the region, and further afield, when I was beginning," said Sam Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these spaces have shut down – roughly one-sixth of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, major artists including Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by adding a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which supports local stages.
Sam Fender also participated, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to assist numerous grassroots venues across Britain.
The donation helped locations that were facing possible closure due to difficulties stemming from water damage, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and noise complaints.
Additional spaces obtained funding support in improving infrastructure and technical equipment that directly benefitted musicians and concertgoers.
"The idea that funds from concerts in big venues backs the smaller venues, where it begins for performers like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has stated.
Fender is far from the only musician to donate his Mercury Prize prize money to charitable organizations.
In they won the award in 1996 for their album Different Class, lead singer Jarvis Cocker announced that the group would give their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
In 2002, artist the artist shared her bounty among several organizations, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I gave a grand to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they needed new equipment," Ms Dynamite explained to the media.
Two years ago, the band gave their prize money to the community center that nurtured their group, alongside other independent music bodies.
Additionally 1994 winners the group contributed their award to a MS organization after a close contact was diagnosed the condition.
"The victory was quite enough," remarked vocalist Small. "The money was the bonus but we could do without the bonus, because we had the honor. So our winning impacted somebody else's life."
Recently, the trust shared it had rescued two local spots in south-east England, by placing them under community ownership.
One venue in that area and the second in the city were acquired under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is backed by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who buy "ownership units" in the venues.
