The star has donated the full amount of his £25,000 honor cash to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to save the UK's independent music venues.
He was awarded the cheque on mid-October as his latest record the album was named the top album of the last 12 months.
Fender has opted to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role small stages had in his beginning days.
"I wouldn't be doing this success if it wasn't for all the performances I performed around the region, and further afield, when I was beginning," remarked Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these venues have permanently closed – approximately 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, major artists like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which supports independent venues.
Fender also took part, generating more than £100,000 on his live tour to assist numerous small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money assisted locations that were dealing with imminent closure due to difficulties caused by flooding, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Some locations received financial assistance in modernizing facilities and gear that helped performers and audiences.
"The concept that revenue from shows in major spaces supports the smaller venues, where it begins for performers like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has commented.
Fender is far from the only musician to contribute his Mercury Prize prize money to charitable organizations.
In they won the award in 1996 for their album their work, frontman Jarvis Cocker declared that the group would contribute their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, musician the artist split her award across a few good causes, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also contributed a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they required new equipment," she told outlets.
Previously, the band gave their winnings to the youth organization that supported their act, alongside other local music groups.
Additionally the 1994 recipients the group donated their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was found to have the illness.
"The victory was sufficient," remarked artist Heather Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the honor. So our winning impacted another person's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had saved several local spots in south-east England, by placing them under community ownership.
The Joiners in the city and the other in Bristol were bought under the community ownership program, which is backed by Arts Council England and supporters who acquire "shares" in the properties.
