The star has donated the entirety of his £25,000 Mercury Prize winnings to the trust for venues, which functions to protect the Britain's grassroots music venues.
The star was presented with the cheque on October 16 as his latest record the album was chosen as the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
The musician has opted to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function local spots played in his initial steps.
"As an artist would not have achieved what I am doing today if it weren't for all the performances I played around the region, and further afield, when I was beginning," stated the artist. "These spaces are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have ceased operations – approximately 16% of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, well-known musicians like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the trust in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by adding a small levy to their admission fees, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Fender also participated, raising in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to assist thirty-eight small stages across the UK.
The money helped venues that were dealing with potential shutdown due to difficulties stemming from flooding, blazes and bereavements, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and sound issues.
Additional spaces obtained funding support in upgrading infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted artists and audiences.
"The notion that revenue from shows in large arenas supports the local stages, where it begins for performers like me, is just logical," Fender has said.
Fender is not the first artist to give his honor winnings to good deeds.
When they received the award in 1996 for their record Different Class, frontman Cocker announced that the group would give their cash to the organization War Child.
That year, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite shared her prize across a few charities, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I gave a thousand pounds to the center, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they required updated gear," she explained to a publication.
In recent years, the band contributed their winnings to the local youth club that nurtured their group, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
Also winners that year they donated their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was identified with the disease.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," remarked vocalist Small. "The money was the bonus but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the cake. So our winning touched another person's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had saved two local spots in south-east England, by placing them under community ownership.
The first in the city and the second in that location were purchased under the Own Our Venues program, which is funded by Arts Council England and music fans who purchase "stakes" in the venues.
