The star has donated the complete sum of his £25k Mercury Prize winnings to the MVT, which operates to save the UK's grassroots concert spaces.
Fender was given the cheque on October 16 as his third album his work was declared the top album of the past year.
Fender has opted to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the vital role grassroots venues fulfilled in his initial steps.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing this success if it hadn't been for all the shows I played around the region, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," said the artist. "These spaces are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these locations have ceased operations – about 16 percent of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, top acts including the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by including a small levy to their admission fees, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Fender also participated, generating more than £100,000 on his recent tour to support numerous grassroots venues across the UK.
These funds helped spaces that were dealing with possible closure due to issues arising from water damage, blazes and bereavements, as well as permit problems, court cases and noise complaints.
Some locations received funding support in improving infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted artists and fans.
"The concept that money from shows in large arenas supports the local stages, where it begins for musicians like me, is just common sense," Fender has stated.
Fender is far from the only musician to donate his award funds to worthy causes.
Back when they won the trophy in the mid-90s for their release the album, vocalist Cocker declared that the band would give their winnings to the organization War Child.
In 2002, musician she shared her award among several good causes, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I donated a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they needed better apparatus," she told a publication.
Previously, Ezra Collective donated their funds to the local youth club that nurtured their act, as well as other local music groups.
Also 1994 winners M People contributed their award to a charity for MS after a close contact was found to have the disease.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," said singer Small. "The prize was the extra but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our victory affected another person's life."
Recently, the MVT announced it had rescued a couple of small stages in the South East, by bringing them into public stewardship.
One venue in Southampton and the other in Bristol were acquired under the public acquisition scheme, which is supported by a national body and supporters who purchase "ownership units" in the properties.
