The artist has given the complete sum of his £25,000 Mercury Prize cash to the Music Venues Trust, which works to preserve the United Kingdom's small music venues.
He was presented with the cheque on mid-October as his new release the album was declared the top album of the past year.
Fender has decided to give the cash to the trust, in appreciation of the crucial part grassroots venues had in his beginning days.
"I would not have achieved this success if it wasn't for all the gigs I played around the region, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," said Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these locations have permanently closed – approximately 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, top acts including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the trust in its efforts to support the industry, by including a modest fee to their admission fees, which supports independent venues.
Fender also took part, generating over £100k on his recent tour to assist thirty-eight local spots across the UK.
These funds helped locations that were dealing with possible closure due to challenges stemming from flooding, blazes and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, court cases and sound issues.
Additional spaces obtained funding support in modernizing amenities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted performers and fans.
"The idea that money from concerts in large arenas backs the local stages, where it begins for performers like me, is just sensible," the star has commented.
Fender is far from the only musician to give his Mercury Prize funds to charitable organizations.
When they won the award in the year 1996 for their album Different Class, vocalist the singer stated that the band would contribute their prize money to the organization the charity.
During 2002, artist Ms Dynamite shared her bounty across multiple good causes, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also contributed a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they needed new equipment," Ms Dynamite explained to outlets.
Previously, they donated their funds to the community center that supported their band, alongside other local music groups.
Also the 1994 recipients they donated their prize to a MS organization after a friend was identified with the illness.
"Winning was sufficient," remarked vocalist Small. "The money was the bonus but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the honor. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
In the past week, the MVT announced it had rescued two grassroots venues in that region, by transferring them to community ownership.
One venue in Southampton and The Croft in the city were bought under the community ownership initiative, which is backed by the arts council and music fans who buy "ownership units" in the properties.
