The star has donated the full amount of his £25,000 Mercury Prize prize money to the trust for venues, which functions to protect the Britain's small live music spots.
Fender was awarded the award on 16 October as his new release the album was chosen as the top album of the last 12 months.
He has opted to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the vital role local spots played in his initial steps.
"I couldn't be pursuing this success if it wasn't for all the shows I played around the area, and beyond, when I was starting out," stated Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these locations have permanently closed – about one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, major artists like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a small levy to their ticket prices, which goes to help local stages.
He also joined in, generating more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to assist numerous local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds assisted venues that were dealing with possible closure due to challenges caused by floods, fires and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, court cases and noise complaints.
Additional spaces received funding support in improving infrastructure and technical equipment that positively impacted performers and concertgoers.
"The concept that revenue from shows in big venues helps the smaller venues, where it begins for musicians like me, is just logical," Fender has stated.
He is among several artists to donate his honor prize money to worthy causes.
When Pulp earned the prize in the year 1996 for their album their work, frontman Cocker declared that the group would donate their winnings to the charity War Child.
In 2002, musician she split her bounty across multiple good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I contributed a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked better apparatus," she told the media.
In recent years, Ezra Collective donated their funds to the local youth club that nurtured their band, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Additionally winners that year the group gave their winnings to a charity for MS after a close contact was identified with the illness.
"Winning was sufficient," remarked artist Heather Small. "The money was the extra but we could do without the bonus, because we had the cake. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
Recently, the MVT shared it had saved two grassroots venues in south-east England, by placing them under community ownership.
The first in Southampton and the second in the city were purchased under the public acquisition initiative, which is funded by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who buy "ownership units" in the buildings.
