The artist has given the complete sum of his £25k Mercury Prize prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to protect the United Kingdom's small music venues.
Fender was given the award on October 16 as his third album People Watching was declared the outstanding release of the past year.
The musician has opted to give the cash to the trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function local spots had in his beginning days.
"I would not have achieved my current career if it hadn't been for all the shows I played around the area, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," said Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – about 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, well-known musicians including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its initiatives to help venues survive, by including a small levy to their ticket costs, which benefits local stages.
Fender also joined in, collecting more than £100,000 on his recent tour to support numerous small stages across the UK.
These funds supported spaces that were confronting possible closure due to difficulties arising from floods, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Other venues were granted funding support in improving facilities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted artists and concertgoers.
"The notion that money from concerts in major spaces helps the smaller venues, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just common sense," the star has stated.
He is far from the only musician to donate his honor funds to charitable organizations.
When Pulp received the trophy in the mid-90s for their release their work, vocalist the singer stated that the group would donate their cash to the charity War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer she divided her prize across several good causes, such as the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I contributed a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they required updated gear," she told outlets.
In recent years, the band donated their winnings to the youth organization that developed their act, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally 1994 winners M People donated their winnings to a MS organization after a friend was diagnosed the condition.
"Receiving the award was ample," stated vocalist Heather Small. "The cash was the extra but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our success impacted the lives of others."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had rescued a couple of small stages in south-east England, by placing them under community ownership.
The Joiners in Southampton and the other in the city were purchased under the community ownership program, which is supported by Arts Council England and supporters who acquire "ownership units" in the properties.
