The artist has handed over the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound Mercury Prize cash to the MVT, which functions to preserve the UK's small live music spots.
Fender was given the cheque on mid-October as his new release the album was declared the best record of the past year.
The musician has decided to give the cash to the trust, in recognition of the vital role small stages played in his initial steps.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing this success if it hadn't been for all the performances I performed around the area, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," said Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these venues have shut down – approximately 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, well-known musicians like the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its efforts to help venues survive, by applying a small levy to their ticket prices, which supports independent venues.
Fender also participated, generating over £100k on his recent tour to help 38 small stages across the UK.
The donation assisted venues that were confronting potential shutdown due to challenges arising from flooding, blazes and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and neighbor objections.
Other venues obtained funding support in upgrading infrastructure and gear that positively impacted musicians and audiences.
"The idea that revenue from concerts in major spaces backs the local stages, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just common sense," Fender has said.
He is far from the only musician to contribute his award prize money to good deeds.
Back when Pulp earned the prize in the year 1996 for their album Different Class, lead singer Cocker announced that the group would give their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer she divided her award among multiple organizations, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I donated a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they needed better apparatus," she shared with outlets.
In recent years, they donated their prize money to the local youth club that nurtured their act, in addition to other local music groups.
Additionally winners that year they donated their award to a charity for MS after a close contact was identified with the disease.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," remarked singer the singer. "The money was the cherry on top but we could do without the bonus, because we had the honor. So our victory touched the lives of others."
Last week, the MVT revealed it had rescued a couple of local spots in the South East, by bringing them into community ownership.
One venue in the city and the second in that location were purchased under the public acquisition initiative, which is supported by a national body and music fans who purchase "shares" in the properties.
