The star has handed over the complete sum of his £25,000 Mercury Prize cash to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the United Kingdom's small live music spots.
Fender was given the prize on October 16 as his latest record People Watching was declared the outstanding release of the previous year.
Fender has decided to hand the money over to the trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function grassroots venues fulfilled in his early career.
"I personally would not have achieved my current career if it wasn't for all the shows I performed around the region, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," stated Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – about 16 percent of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, well-known musicians like the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by adding a small levy to their ticket prices, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Fender also joined in, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to help thirty-eight grassroots venues across Britain.
The money supported locations that were dealing with imminent closure due to difficulties stemming from flooding, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces received financial assistance in modernizing amenities and gear that helped performers and fans.
"The idea that money from shows in major spaces supports the independent spots, where it all starts for artists like me, is just common sense," the star has said.
Fender is not the first artist to donate his Mercury Prize prize money to charitable organizations.
Back when the band won the prize in the mid-90s for their record their work, lead singer Jarvis Cocker announced that the band would donate their winnings to the organization War Child.
During 2002, artist she shared her award among multiple organizations, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I contributed a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they needed better apparatus," Ms Dynamite explained to outlets.
In recent years, Ezra Collective contributed their winnings to the community center that developed their group, in addition to other local music groups.
Also 1994 winners M People donated their award to a charity for MS after a close contact was diagnosed the condition.
"The victory was ample," said vocalist 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 the lives of others."
Last week, the MVT revealed it had rescued a couple of grassroots venues in the South East, by bringing them into community ownership.
The Joiners in that area and The Croft in Bristol were bought under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is funded by a national body and supporters who buy "stakes" in the venues.
