The star has handed over the full amount of his £25k Mercury Prize prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to save the UK's independent concert spaces.
The star was given the award on mid-October as his new release his work was chosen as the top album of the previous year.
He has chosen to donate the funds to the trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role local spots fulfilled in his early career.
"I personally wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the shows I played around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," stated Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these locations have ceased operations – approximately 16% of the entire UK sector.
Recently, top acts including Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its efforts to help venues survive, by adding a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which benefits local stages.
He also took part, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to assist thirty-eight grassroots venues across Britain.
The donation supported venues that were dealing with imminent closure due to challenges arising from floods, fires and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, court cases and neighbor objections.
Other venues obtained monetary aid in improving amenities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted performers and concertgoers.
"The notion that revenue from performances in major spaces supports the smaller venues, where it begins for performers like me, is just common sense," Fender has commented.
Fender is not the first artist to contribute his award winnings to good deeds.
Back when the band received the award in the year 1996 for their album the album, vocalist Jarvis Cocker declared that the act would give their winnings to the non-profit the charity.
That year, rapper and singer the artist shared her award among multiple organizations, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I contributed a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked new equipment," the artist explained to a publication.
In recent years, they gave their funds to the local youth club that nurtured their act, alongside other independent music bodies.
Additionally the 1994 recipients M People donated their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was found to have the disease.
"Receiving the award was ample," said vocalist Small. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the honor. So our victory impacted somebody else's life."
Last week, the trust shared it had rescued two small stages in the South East, by bringing them into local control.
The first in that area and The Croft in the city were purchased under the public acquisition initiative, which is funded by the arts council and enthusiasts who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.
