The star has given the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound award cash to the trust for venues, which operates to preserve the United Kingdom's independent concert spaces.
He was given the cheque on 16 October as his latest record his work was named the outstanding release of the past year.
The musician has chosen to give the cash to the MVT, in appreciation of the crucial part small stages had in his early career.
"I personally wouldn't be doing this success if it hadn't been for all the shows I performed around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," stated Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these venues have permanently closed – roughly one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, top acts like the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by including a modest fee to their admission fees, which supports independent venues.
Sam Fender also took part, generating in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to help thirty-eight grassroots venues across Britain.
These funds helped locations that were facing potential shutdown due to issues stemming from flooding, blazes and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, court cases and sound issues.
Other venues received funding support in upgrading facilities and technical equipment that helped artists and audiences.
"The concept that money from performances in large arenas helps the independent spots, where it begins for musicians like me, is just common sense," Fender has commented.
Fender is among several artists to donate his Mercury Prize winnings to worthy causes.
In they earned the trophy in the mid-90s for their release the album, vocalist Cocker declared that the act would donate their prize money to the charity the charity.
In 2002, rapper and singer the artist divided her prize among multiple charities, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I gave a grand to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked new equipment," she explained to outlets.
In recent years, they contributed their winnings to the youth organization that supported their band, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
And the 1994 recipients the group gave their award to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was identified with the illness.
"Winning was quite enough," stated artist Small. "The money was the bonus but we could do without the cherry, because we had the honor. So our success affected the lives of others."
Last week, the MVT shared it had protected a couple of grassroots venues in south-east England, by placing them under local control.
The first in Southampton and The Croft in that location were purchased under the community ownership scheme, which is supported by Arts Council England and music fans who purchase "shares" in the properties.
