The artist has donated the entirety of his £25k Mercury Prize cash to the MVT, which functions to save the UK's grassroots concert spaces.
He was given the prize on 16 October as his latest record People Watching was declared the top album of the last 12 months.
Fender has chosen to hand the money over to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the vital role grassroots venues played in his early career.
"As an artist would not have achieved this success if it wasn't for all the gigs I performed around the region, and further afield, when I was starting out," said Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have permanently closed – roughly 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, well-known musicians such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by adding a modest fee to their ticket costs, which benefits smaller concert halls.
He also participated, raising more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to help thirty-eight local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money supported venues that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties arising from water damage, blazes and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Other venues obtained financial assistance in modernizing infrastructure and technical equipment that positively impacted musicians and concertgoers.
"The idea that revenue from shows in major spaces supports the local stages, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just sensible," the star has stated.
He is far from the only musician to donate his award winnings to good deeds.
When they received the prize in 1996 for their record Different Class, vocalist Cocker stated that the group would contribute their cash to the non-profit War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite divided her award between a few charities, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I gave a grand to my local community centre, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they needed better apparatus," she told outlets.
Two years ago, they donated their funds to the youth organization that supported their act, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
And the 1994 recipients they donated their prize to a MS organization after a friend was identified with the illness.
"The victory was sufficient," remarked vocalist Heather Small. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the cake. So our victory affected another person's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust announced it had saved two small stages in south-east England, by bringing them into local control.
One venue in Southampton and the other in Bristol were acquired under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is supported by Arts Council England and supporters who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.
