The star has donated the complete sum of his £25k Mercury Prize prize money to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the United Kingdom's independent music venues.
Fender was presented with the cheque on mid-October as his new release the album was named the top album of the last 12 months.
The musician has opted to donate the funds to the trust, in recognition of the vital role small stages had in his early career.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing this success if it weren't for all the shows I did around the region, and further afield, when I was beginning," remarked Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – roughly 16% of the total UK scene.
Recently, well-known musicians including the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its efforts to help venues survive, by adding a modest fee to their ticket costs, which goes to help local stages.
He also joined in, collecting more than £100,000 on his live tour to help thirty-eight local spots across Britain.
These funds helped venues that were facing imminent closure due to difficulties stemming from flooding, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces obtained financial assistance in improving facilities and technical equipment that positively impacted performers and concertgoers.
"The idea that money from concerts in big venues supports the smaller venues, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just logical," the star has stated.
The musician is not the first artist to donate his award funds to charitable organizations.
In the band earned the trophy in the mid-90s for their release their work, lead singer Cocker announced that the group would donate their cash to the charity the charity.
In 2002, artist Ms Dynamite divided her prize among several charities, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I gave a grand to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they required better apparatus," Ms Dynamite shared with a publication.
Previously, Ezra Collective gave their winnings to the local youth club that developed their band, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
And winners that year the group donated their award to a MS organization after a friend was identified with the condition.
"The victory was sufficient," said artist Heather Small. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't require the extra, because we had the cake. So our winning touched another person's life."
In the past week, the MVT shared it had protected two grassroots venues in that region, by bringing them into community ownership.
One venue in Southampton and the second in Bristol were purchased under the public acquisition initiative, which is backed by the arts council and supporters who acquire "ownership units" in the buildings.
