The star has donated the entirety of his £25,000 Mercury Prize cash to the MVT, which operates to preserve the UK's small music venues.
The star was given the prize on mid-October as his third album People Watching was declared the outstanding release of the past year.
The musician has opted to donate the funds to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the essential function grassroots venues played in his initial steps.
"I couldn't be pursuing my current career if it weren't for all the shows I played around the region, and beyond, when I was just getting going," said Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these locations have permanently closed – roughly 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, major artists such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to support the industry, by applying a modest fee to their ticket costs, which supports local stages.
Fender also joined in, generating over £100k on his live tour to help 38 local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation supported spaces that were confronting potential shutdown due to difficulties stemming from flooding, blazes and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Some locations obtained funding support in improving amenities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted artists and concertgoers.
"The idea that funds from performances in big venues supports the local stages, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just sensible," Fender has said.
The musician is far from the only musician to give his honor funds to good deeds.
In Pulp won the award in the year 1996 for their release the album, vocalist Cocker declared that the act would give their prize money to the charity War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite split her prize between a few charities, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I donated a grand to the center, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked new equipment," Ms Dynamite shared with outlets.
Previously, Ezra Collective donated their winnings to the youth organization that developed their act, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Also winners that year the group contributed their prize to a charity for MS after a friend was diagnosed the disease.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," remarked singer Heather Small. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the honor. So our success impacted another person's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had protected two small stages in that region, by placing them under local control.
The Joiners in Southampton and the second in that location were bought under the community ownership program, which is funded by a national body and enthusiasts who acquire "ownership units" in the buildings.
