The artist has donated the full amount of his £25,000 Mercury Prize cash to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to preserve the Britain's independent music venues.
The star was given the award on October 16 as his new release People Watching was named the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
The musician has chosen to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the crucial part local spots had in his early career.
"I personally wouldn't be doing my current career if it hadn't been for all the gigs I performed around the region, and beyond, when I was starting out," stated the artist. "These spaces are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these locations have permanently closed – approximately 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, top acts like the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its efforts to help venues survive, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which benefits local stages.
Sam Fender also joined in, raising more than £100,000 on his recent tour to support 38 small stages across Britain.
These funds assisted spaces that were dealing with potential shutdown due to issues stemming from floods, fires and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and noise complaints.
Other venues were granted monetary aid in modernizing facilities and gear that directly benefitted musicians and concertgoers.
"The concept that money from performances in big venues helps the smaller venues, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just common sense," Fender has stated.
He is far from the only musician to contribute his award prize money to good deeds.
Back when they received the trophy in the mid-90s for their record Different Class, frontman the singer announced that the act would contribute their prize money to the organization War Child.
In 2002, musician she split her prize among several charities, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I donated a thousand pounds to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked better apparatus," she shared with the media.
In recent years, they gave their winnings to the local youth club that developed their act, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
And 1994 winners the group contributed their prize to a charity for MS after a close contact was found to have the condition.
"The victory was ample," stated singer Heather Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we could do without the cherry, because we had the cake. So our winning touched somebody else's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had saved two small stages in the South East, by transferring them to community ownership.
The first in the city and the second in the city were bought under the public acquisition program, which is backed by a national body and music fans who purchase "stakes" in the buildings.
