The star has given the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound Mercury Prize cash to the trust for venues, which operates to preserve the Britain's grassroots music venues.
He was given the prize on October 16 as his latest record People Watching was declared the best record of the previous year.
He has decided to hand the money over to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the essential function grassroots venues played in his early career.
"I personally wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the performances I performed around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," said Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have shut down – approximately one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, major artists like the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to support the industry, by applying a small levy to their admission fees, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
He also joined in, generating in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to assist 38 small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money helped venues that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties stemming from floods, fires and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and sound issues.
Additional spaces received funding support in modernizing amenities and sound and lighting systems that helped artists and concertgoers.
"The notion that funds from performances in large arenas supports the independent spots, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just logical," Fender has said.
The musician is not the first artist to give his Mercury Prize funds to good deeds.
Back when the band received the trophy in the mid-90s for their album the album, frontman Cocker stated that the act would contribute their prize money to the charity the charity.
During 2002, rapper and singer she split her bounty across several charities, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I contributed a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they needed updated gear," the artist explained to outlets.
Previously, Ezra Collective contributed their winnings to the local youth club that developed their group, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally winners that year they contributed their winnings to a charity for MS after a friend was diagnosed the illness.
"Receiving the award was ample," remarked artist Heather Small. "The prize was the extra but we could do without the bonus, because we had the cake. So our victory affected somebody else's life."
Last week, the trust announced it had saved a couple of local spots in that region, by bringing them into community ownership.
The first in that area and the other in the city were acquired under the Own Our Venues program, which is funded by the arts council and enthusiasts who purchase "ownership units" in the venues.
