The artist has donated the entirety of his £25,000 Mercury Prize winnings to the trust for venues, which works to protect the UK's grassroots music venues.
Fender was presented with the prize on October 16 as his latest record his work was chosen as the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
Fender has chosen to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role local spots fulfilled in his early career.
"I would not have achieved my current career if it hadn't been for all the shows I played around the area, and beyond, when I was starting out," stated the artist. "These locations are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – approximately 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, well-known musicians such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to support the industry, by adding a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which benefits independent venues.
He also joined in, raising over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to support 38 grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation supported locations that were facing potential shutdown due to challenges caused by water damage, blazes and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, court cases and sound issues.
Additional spaces were granted financial assistance in modernizing facilities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted performers and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from performances in major spaces supports the local stages, where it begins for performers like me, is just common sense," Fender has stated.
Fender is among several artists to give his award prize money to worthy causes.
In they received the prize in 1996 for their record Different Class, lead singer Cocker announced that the band would donate their cash to the organization War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite shared her bounty among multiple good causes, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also gave a grand to my local community centre, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked better apparatus," she explained to outlets.
In recent years, they donated their prize money to the community center that developed their group, alongside other local music groups.
And winners that year M People gave their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was found to have the condition.
"Winning was quite enough," stated singer Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the honor. So our winning impacted another person's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had rescued a couple of grassroots venues in south-east England, by bringing them into public stewardship.
One venue in that area and The Croft in Bristol were bought under the community ownership program, which is funded by a national body and supporters who purchase "shares" in the buildings.
