The artist has given the full amount of his £25,000 Mercury Prize winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to protect the United Kingdom's small live music spots.
The star was given the award on 16 October as his new release his work was chosen as the top album of the last 12 months.
He has decided to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part local spots played in his early career.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the performances I performed around the area, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," stated Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these locations have shut down – roughly 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, major artists such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by applying a modest fee to their admission fees, which benefits smaller concert halls.
He also took part, generating in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to support 38 local spots across Britain.
The money helped locations that were dealing with potential shutdown due to difficulties stemming from floods, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Some locations were granted monetary aid in upgrading infrastructure and gear that helped musicians and concertgoers.
"The notion that money from shows in major spaces helps the smaller venues, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just logical," Fender has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to contribute his Mercury Prize prize money to worthy causes.
When Pulp won the trophy in the mid-90s for their album the album, frontman Jarvis Cocker announced that the band would contribute their prize money to the organization War Child.
In 2002, musician she shared her award among a few charities, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I contributed a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they required updated gear," she told a publication.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective contributed their funds to the local youth club that nurtured their band, alongside other local music groups.
And the 1994 recipients M People donated their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was diagnosed the condition.
"Winning was sufficient," remarked singer Heather Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our victory touched another person's life."
In the past week, the MVT announced it had protected several small stages in south-east England, by bringing them into local control.
The Joiners in that area and The Croft in that location were bought under the public acquisition initiative, which is backed by Arts Council England and supporters who purchase "stakes" in the properties.
