The artist has donated the complete sum of his £25k Mercury Prize prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to preserve the Britain's grassroots music venues.
Fender was given the prize on mid-October as his third album the album was chosen as the best record of the previous year.
The musician has decided to hand the money over to the MVT, in appreciation of the vital role local spots had in his early career.
"I couldn't be pursuing my current career if it wasn't for all the performances I did around the area, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," stated Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these venues have shut down – about 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, well-known musicians including Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by adding a small levy to their ticket prices, which goes to help local stages.
Fender also took part, raising in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to help thirty-eight grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money assisted venues that were dealing with possible closure due to challenges arising from floods, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as permit problems, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Other venues were granted funding support in upgrading facilities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted musicians and concertgoers.
"The idea that revenue from concerts in major spaces helps the local stages, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just common sense," Fender has commented.
Fender is not the first artist to contribute his Mercury Prize funds to charitable organizations.
Back when the band won the prize in the mid-90s for their release the album, frontman Jarvis Cocker announced that the band would give their prize money to the organization the charity.
During 2002, musician Ms Dynamite divided her award across a few good causes, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I gave a thousand pounds to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they needed new equipment," she shared with the media.
Previously, Ezra Collective donated their winnings to the youth organization that developed their act, alongside other local music groups.
Additionally winners that year M People gave their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was identified with the condition.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," said artist Heather Small. "The prize was the extra but we could do without the bonus, because we had the cake. So our victory affected another person's life."
Recently, the trust revealed it had rescued two small stages in the South East, by placing them under community ownership.
One venue in the city and The Croft in the city were bought under the Own Our Venues program, which is supported by the arts council and supporters who acquire "ownership units" in the venues.
