The star has donated the complete sum of his £25,000 Mercury Prize cash to the trust for venues, which operates to preserve the United Kingdom's grassroots live music spots.
He was awarded the award on mid-October as his third album People Watching was chosen as the best record of the last 12 months.
The musician has chosen to give the cash to the MVT, in recognition of the crucial part small stages played in his initial steps.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the shows I performed around the North East, and beyond, when I was beginning," said Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these locations have ceased operations – about 16% of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, top acts such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by applying a modest fee to their ticket costs, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
He also joined in, raising more than £100,000 on his live tour to help 38 small stages across the UK.
The donation assisted venues that were dealing with imminent closure due to challenges caused by floods, fires and personal losses, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and sound issues.
Other venues were granted funding support in improving amenities and technical equipment that positively impacted musicians and fans.
"The concept that funds from performances in large arenas backs the independent spots, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just logical," the star has stated.
The musician is among several artists to give his Mercury Prize funds to worthy causes.
Back when the band won the prize in 1996 for their release the album, vocalist the singer stated that the act would give their cash to the non-profit the charity.
In 2002, artist Ms Dynamite split her bounty among multiple charities, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also donated a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they required better apparatus," the artist explained to outlets.
Two years ago, they gave their prize money to the community center that supported their group, in addition to other local music groups.
Additionally winners that year they gave their winnings to a charity for MS after a close contact was diagnosed the condition.
"Winning was quite enough," stated vocalist the singer. "The money was the bonus but we could do without the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our winning affected another person's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust announced it had protected a couple of small stages in that region, by bringing them into local control.
One venue in that area and the other in Bristol were bought under the public acquisition scheme, which is funded by the arts council and music fans who purchase "stakes" in the properties.
