The artist has given the complete sum of his £25k Mercury Prize cash to the trust for venues, which functions to protect the United Kingdom's small music venues.
The star was presented with the prize on 16 October as his latest record People Watching was chosen as the top album of the past year.
He has opted to donate the funds to the trust, in appreciation of the vital role small stages played in his beginning days.
"I wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the shows I played around the area, and beyond, when I was just getting going," remarked Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – roughly one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, major artists such as the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the trust in its efforts to support the industry, by adding a modest fee to their ticket costs, which supports local stages.
He also took part, raising over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to help thirty-eight local spots across the UK.
These funds assisted spaces that were dealing with possible closure due to issues caused by flooding, fires and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces were granted funding support in improving amenities and technical equipment that directly benefitted performers and audiences.
"The notion that revenue from performances in major spaces helps the independent spots, where it begins for musicians like me, is just common sense," Fender has stated.
Fender is among several artists to contribute his honor prize money to good deeds.
Back when they won the award in 1996 for their release Different Class, vocalist Jarvis Cocker stated that the act would donate their prize money to the organization the charity.
In 2002, rapper and singer she divided her bounty between multiple good causes, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I donated a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked better apparatus," Ms Dynamite told outlets.
Two years ago, the band donated their prize money to the youth organization that developed their act, as well as other independent music bodies.
Additionally 1994 winners they gave their prize to a MS organization after a friend was found to have the condition.
"The victory was quite enough," said vocalist Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the honor. So our winning impacted the lives of others."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had saved several small stages in south-east England, by transferring them to local control.
The first in Southampton and the second in that location were bought under the public acquisition program, which is supported by a national body and music fans who buy "ownership units" in the properties.
