The star has handed over the full amount of his £25,000 honor winnings to the trust for venues, which works to protect the Britain's independent concert spaces.
The star was awarded the cheque on mid-October as his third album the album was declared the top album of the last 12 months.
Fender has chosen to hand the money over to the MVT, in appreciation of the crucial part small stages played in his beginning days.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing this success if it weren't for all the shows I performed around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," remarked Sam Fender. "These venues are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have shut down – approximately one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, well-known musicians such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its efforts to support the industry, by applying a modest fee to their ticket prices, which goes to help local stages.
He also joined in, raising in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to support 38 local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation assisted spaces that were confronting possible closure due to challenges caused by flooding, fires and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and sound issues.
Some locations obtained monetary aid in improving facilities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted performers and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from performances in large arenas helps the independent spots, where it begins for artists like me, is just common sense," Fender has stated.
The musician is far from the only musician to donate his Mercury Prize winnings to good deeds.
When Pulp earned the trophy in the mid-90s for their release the album, lead singer Cocker stated that the group would contribute their prize money to the charity War Child.
That year, musician the artist split her prize among several organizations, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I gave a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed new equipment," she explained to a publication.
In recent years, Ezra Collective contributed their prize money to the community center that developed their act, alongside other independent music bodies.
Also winners that year they donated their award to a charity for MS after a friend was diagnosed the illness.
"The victory was quite enough," stated artist Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the cake. So our victory touched another person's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had saved several grassroots venues in south-east England, by bringing them into community ownership.
The Joiners in that area and The Croft in the city were purchased under the community ownership program, which is backed by the arts council and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the venues.
