The star has donated the complete sum of his £25,000 Mercury Prize prize money to the MVT, which works to protect the United Kingdom's small concert spaces.
Fender was presented with the award on October 16 as his new release his work was named the top album of the last 12 months.
The musician has decided to hand the money over to the MVT, in recognition of the crucial part grassroots venues had in his initial steps.
"As an artist would not have achieved what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the performances I did around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," stated the artist. "These locations are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these locations have permanently closed – about 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Recently, top acts like the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its attempts to help venues survive, by adding a modest fee to their ticket costs, which supports smaller concert halls.
Fender also participated, generating more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support numerous local spots across the UK.
The donation supported locations that were confronting potential shutdown due to issues stemming from water damage, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as permit problems, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces received monetary aid in improving amenities and technical equipment that positively impacted musicians and fans.
"The concept that money from concerts in large arenas backs the independent spots, where it begins for musicians like me, is just logical," the star has said.
Fender is far from the only musician to give his award prize money to worthy causes.
When Pulp earned the prize in the mid-90s for their album their work, vocalist the singer announced that the band would give their winnings to the non-profit the charity.
That year, musician Ms Dynamite split her prize among a few good causes, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I gave a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they required better apparatus," she explained to the media.
In recent years, they contributed their winnings to the community center that supported their group, as well as other independent music bodies.
Also 1994 winners the group gave their prize to a charity for MS after a close contact was found to have the condition.
"Winning was ample," stated singer Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the cake. So our victory touched the lives of others."
Recently, the trust revealed it had protected a couple of local spots in that region, by bringing them into local control.
One venue in Southampton and the other in the city were purchased under the public acquisition program, which is supported by the arts council and supporters who purchase "stakes" in the buildings.
