The star has given the full amount of his £25k award winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to save the UK's independent concert spaces.
Fender was given the cheque on mid-October as his latest record People Watching was named the best record of the last 12 months.
Fender has decided to hand the money over to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the essential function local spots played in his early career.
"I would not have achieved my current career if it wasn't for all the gigs I played around the region, and beyond, when I was beginning," said Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these venues have permanently closed – about 16% of the total UK scene.
In the last year, well-known musicians including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by applying a small levy to their ticket prices, which goes to help independent venues.
He also took part, generating in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to assist thirty-eight grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds assisted spaces that were confronting imminent closure due to challenges stemming from water damage, blazes and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and neighbor objections.
Some locations received funding support in modernizing facilities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted performers and concertgoers.
"The concept that revenue from shows in major spaces helps the smaller venues, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just logical," the star has commented.
The musician is among several artists to contribute his Mercury Prize winnings to worthy causes.
Back when the band earned the trophy in 1996 for their record their work, lead singer the singer declared that the act would donate their cash to the organization the charity.
That year, artist the artist split her bounty between several organizations, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I donated a grand to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they needed better apparatus," the artist told the media.
In recent years, they gave their prize money to the youth organization that nurtured their group, alongside other local music groups.
Also the 1994 recipients the group contributed their prize to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was diagnosed the condition.
"The victory was quite enough," remarked vocalist Small. "The cash was the bonus but we could do without the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our success impacted the lives of others."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had rescued several small stages in south-east England, by placing them under public stewardship.
The Joiners in Southampton and the other in Bristol were bought under the public acquisition scheme, which is backed by Arts Council England and music fans who purchase "stakes" in the venues.
