The artist has given the complete sum of his £25,000 Mercury Prize winnings to the MVT, which functions to preserve the United Kingdom's grassroots concert spaces.
Fender was awarded the award on 16 October as his third album People Watching was chosen as the best record of the past year.
He has opted to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function grassroots venues had in his initial steps.
"I personally wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the shows I did around the area, and further afield, when I was just getting going," said Fender. "These venues are renowned, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have shut down – about one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, major artists like Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which supports smaller concert halls.
He also joined in, raising in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to support numerous small stages across Britain.
These funds assisted venues that were confronting possible closure due to difficulties caused by flooding, blazes and bereavements, as well as permit problems, court cases and sound issues.
Other venues obtained financial assistance in modernizing infrastructure and technical equipment that helped performers and concertgoers.
"The notion that money from concerts in large arenas helps the local stages, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just common sense," the star has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to donate his honor funds to charitable organizations.
When they won the award in 1996 for their record their work, lead singer the singer stated that the group would contribute their winnings to the charity War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer the artist shared her prize between a few good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also donated a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they needed updated gear," she shared with outlets.
In recent years, Ezra Collective gave their funds to the local youth club that developed their group, as well as other independent music bodies.
Additionally 1994 winners the group contributed their winnings to a charity for MS after a friend was found to have the disease.
"Winning was sufficient," said artist the singer. "The cash was the bonus but we could do without the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
In the past week, the trust shared it had saved several small stages in the South East, by transferring them to local control.
One venue in that area and the second in that location were acquired under the community ownership scheme, which is backed by Arts Council England and supporters who acquire "ownership units" in the venues.
