The star has handed over the full amount of his £25k Mercury Prize winnings to the MVT, which functions to protect the Britain's independent music venues.
The star was awarded the award on 16 October as his new release the album was chosen as the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
He has opted to give the cash to the MVT, in recognition of the essential function grassroots venues fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the gigs I played around the area, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," said the artist. "These locations are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these venues have permanently closed – approximately 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, well-known musicians such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its initiatives to support the industry, by adding a modest fee to their admission fees, which supports local stages.
Fender also took part, raising in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to help numerous small stages across the UK.
The money supported spaces that were confronting potential shutdown due to challenges stemming from water damage, fires and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and sound issues.
Additional spaces obtained funding support in upgrading amenities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted musicians and audiences.
"The concept that money from concerts in major spaces backs the smaller venues, where it all starts for artists like me, is just common sense," the star has commented.
Fender is far from the only musician to donate his Mercury Prize prize money to charitable organizations.
When they received the trophy in the mid-90s for their release Different Class, frontman the singer announced that the band would donate their cash to the organization the charity.
During 2002, musician Ms Dynamite split her bounty across several good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I donated a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they required updated gear," Ms Dynamite shared with a publication.
In recent years, Ezra Collective gave their prize money to the local youth club that developed their act, as well as other local music groups.
Also the 1994 recipients they gave their winnings to a MS organization after a close contact was identified with the condition.
"Winning was sufficient," remarked singer Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the cake. So our success touched somebody else's life."
In the past week, the trust shared it had rescued a couple of small stages in south-east England, by transferring them to community ownership.
One venue in Southampton and the other in Bristol were bought under the public acquisition initiative, which is funded by the arts council and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.
