The star has donated the entirety of his £25k Mercury Prize prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to preserve the Britain's small music venues.
Fender was awarded the award on October 16 as his new release his work was named the top album of the past year.
Fender has decided to give the cash to the trust, in recognition of the vital role grassroots venues played in his beginning days.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it weren't for all the performances I played around the region, and beyond, when I was beginning," said Fender. "These venues are renowned, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these venues have permanently closed – roughly 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, top acts including Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by adding a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which supports independent venues.
Fender also participated, raising in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to help 38 grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds assisted locations that were confronting imminent closure due to issues arising from flooding, blazes and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces received funding support in modernizing facilities and gear that directly benefitted performers and concertgoers.
"The concept that money from concerts in big venues backs the local stages, where it all starts for artists like me, is just common sense," the star has stated.
Fender is far from the only musician to donate his honor prize money to worthy causes.
In they earned the award in the mid-90s for their release Different Class, lead singer Cocker stated that the group would give their prize money to the organization War Child.
That year, musician Ms Dynamite split her bounty across a few organizations, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I donated a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they required updated gear," she shared with outlets.
Previously, Ezra Collective gave their funds to the local youth club that developed their act, as well as other local music groups.
Additionally the 1994 recipients M People gave their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was identified with the illness.
"The victory was sufficient," stated vocalist Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we could do without the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our winning affected somebody else's life."
In the past week, the MVT shared it had rescued a couple of grassroots venues in the South East, by placing them under public stewardship.
The Joiners in Southampton and the other in that location were bought under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is backed by the arts council and music fans who purchase "shares" in the venues.
