The artist has donated the full amount of his £25k Mercury Prize winnings to the MVT, which works to protect the Britain's small live music spots.
Fender was given the prize on October 16 as his latest record the album was chosen as the best record of the last 12 months.
The musician has opted to hand the money over to the MVT, in recognition of the vital role grassroots venues had in his early career.
"I would not have achieved my current career if it weren't for all the shows I performed around the area, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," stated Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these venues have shut down – approximately 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, major artists including Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by applying a small levy to their ticket costs, which goes to help local stages.
Fender also participated, generating more than £100,000 on his recent tour to assist thirty-eight local spots across the UK.
These funds supported spaces that were facing potential shutdown due to issues caused by flooding, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Other venues were granted financial assistance in modernizing amenities and sound and lighting systems that helped performers and concertgoers.
"The concept that revenue from shows in large arenas supports the independent spots, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just common sense," the star has stated.
He is far from the only musician to donate his Mercury Prize funds to charitable organizations.
When Pulp received the trophy in 1996 for their record the album, frontman Cocker announced that the group would give their cash to the organization War Child.
That year, musician she divided her bounty among multiple good causes, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I contributed a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they needed better apparatus," Ms Dynamite shared with the media.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective donated their funds to the local youth club that nurtured their band, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
And the 1994 recipients M People gave their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was identified with the disease.
"The victory was ample," stated vocalist Small. "The prize was the extra but we didn't need the extra, because we had the honor. So our success affected somebody else's life."
Recently, the trust revealed it had rescued two local spots in the South East, by transferring them to local control.
The Joiners in the city and the second in Bristol were acquired under the public acquisition initiative, which is supported by Arts Council England and supporters who purchase "ownership units" in the properties.
