The star has handed over the full amount of his £25k award prize money to the trust for venues, which works to protect the UK's small music venues.
Fender was presented with the cheque on October 16 as his new release People Watching was named the outstanding release of the past year.
Fender has opted to give the cash to the MVT, in appreciation of the essential function local spots played in his initial steps.
"I personally wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the gigs I performed around the region, and further afield, when I was just getting going," said Fender. "These venues are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these locations have permanently closed – roughly 16 percent of the total UK scene.
In the last year, major artists such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its attempts to help venues survive, by applying a small levy to their admission fees, which supports local stages.
He also participated, generating over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to support 38 grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds supported spaces that were dealing with possible closure due to issues stemming from floods, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, court cases and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces received funding support in improving infrastructure and gear that positively impacted performers and concertgoers.
"The notion that funds from performances in big venues backs the independent spots, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has said.
Fender is among several artists to contribute his Mercury Prize funds to charitable organizations.
Back when the band earned the award in the year 1996 for their release their work, frontman the singer announced that the act would donate their cash to the non-profit War Child.
That year, artist the artist divided her prize across multiple organizations, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I gave a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked updated gear," Ms Dynamite explained to a publication.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective gave their prize money to the community center that developed their act, as well as other independent music bodies.
Also 1994 winners M People donated their award to a MS organization after a close contact was found to have the illness.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," stated singer the singer. "The money was the extra but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the honor. So our success touched the lives of others."
Recently, the MVT announced it had rescued a couple of local spots in south-east England, by placing them under community ownership.
The first in that area and the other in that location were acquired under the public acquisition initiative, which is backed by the arts council and supporters who acquire "shares" in the properties.
