The star has handed over the full amount of his £25,000 Mercury Prize prize money to the trust for venues, which functions to protect the United Kingdom's grassroots concert spaces.
Fender was given the cheque on mid-October as his new release People Watching was named the top album of the last 12 months.
Fender has chosen to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the essential function local spots fulfilled in his initial steps.
"I personally would not have achieved this success if it hadn't been for all the gigs I did around the region, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," remarked Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these locations have permanently closed – roughly 16% of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, major artists like Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its efforts to help venues survive, by applying a modest fee to their admission fees, which benefits independent venues.
Fender also joined in, generating more than £100,000 on his recent tour to assist thirty-eight local spots across the UK.
The donation helped locations that were dealing with possible closure due to issues caused by flooding, fires and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Some locations were granted financial assistance in improving infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted musicians and audiences.
"The notion that funds from concerts in big venues helps the independent spots, where it all starts for artists like me, is just logical," the star has said.
The musician is not the first artist to contribute his award funds to worthy causes.
In Pulp won the prize in 1996 for their album the album, frontman Cocker stated that the band would give their winnings to the organization War Child.
In 2002, musician Ms Dynamite split her award between several organizations, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also donated a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they required better apparatus," the artist told a publication.
In recent years, Ezra Collective donated their prize money to the local youth club that developed their act, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Additionally 1994 winners they gave their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was found to have the disease.
"Winning was ample," said singer Heather Small. "The money was the bonus but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the cake. So our victory affected the lives of others."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had protected several small stages in south-east England, by transferring them to public stewardship.
One venue in the city and the second in Bristol were bought under the community ownership program, which is supported by a national body and music fans who buy "stakes" in the buildings.
