The star has given the full amount of his £25,000 Mercury Prize cash to the MVT, which operates to save the Britain's independent live music spots.
Fender was given the prize on October 16 as his new release his work was declared the best record of the last 12 months.
He has opted to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function small stages had in his initial steps.
"I personally wouldn't be doing this success if it wasn't for all the shows I performed around the region, and further afield, when I was just getting going," remarked Fender. "These venues are renowned, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these locations have permanently closed – approximately 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, top acts like the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by applying a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which goes to help independent venues.
Fender also took part, raising in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to support numerous local spots across the UK.
The donation assisted venues that were confronting possible closure due to challenges caused by floods, blazes and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and neighbor objections.
Some locations received financial assistance in upgrading facilities and gear that helped performers and concertgoers.
"The concept that money from concerts in large arenas helps the independent spots, where it all starts for performers like me, is just common sense," the star has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to give his Mercury Prize prize money to worthy causes.
In they earned the award in the mid-90s for their record their work, frontman Cocker declared that the band would contribute their prize money to the charity War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer the artist split her bounty across a few good causes, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I donated a thousand pounds to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they required updated gear," she told outlets.
In recent years, Ezra Collective gave their prize money to the local youth club that nurtured their band, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
And the 1994 recipients they gave their prize to a MS organization after a close contact was diagnosed the disease.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," said singer Heather Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't need the extra, because we had the main prize. So our winning impacted somebody else's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had protected a couple of small stages in south-east England, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The Joiners in that area and the second in that location were bought under the community ownership program, which is supported by the arts council and enthusiasts who buy "shares" in the buildings.
