The artist has handed over the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound Mercury Prize cash to the trust for venues, which operates to preserve the United Kingdom's grassroots live music spots.
He was awarded the award on mid-October as his new release People Watching was chosen as the best record of the past year.
He has opted to hand the money over to the trust, in appreciation of the vital role grassroots venues had in his initial steps.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the gigs I played around the area, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," stated Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these locations have shut down – about one-sixth of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, well-known musicians including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by adding a modest fee to their ticket prices, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Fender also took part, collecting more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support numerous local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money helped locations that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties stemming from water damage, fires and personal losses, as well as permit problems, conflicts and noise complaints.
Additional spaces obtained funding support in improving facilities and gear that directly benefitted artists and audiences.
"The notion that money from concerts in major spaces helps the smaller venues, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just sensible," the star has said.
He is far from the only musician to contribute his award winnings to charitable organizations.
In the band received the award in 1996 for their record Different Class, lead singer Cocker announced that the act would contribute their prize money to the non-profit the charity.
During 2002, artist Ms Dynamite split her prize among several charities, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I contributed a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they required new equipment," she shared with the media.
Two years ago, the band donated their winnings to the local youth club that supported their group, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Additionally winners that year they donated their prize to a charity for MS after a close contact was found to have the illness.
"The victory was quite enough," remarked singer Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the honor. So our winning impacted another person's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had saved two grassroots venues in that region, by placing them under public stewardship.
The first in the city and the other in that location were purchased under the public acquisition scheme, which is supported by Arts Council England and supporters who acquire "shares" in the properties.
