The artist has donated the complete sum of his £25k award winnings to the MVT, which functions to save the United Kingdom's independent music venues.
He was awarded the cheque on mid-October as his latest record the album was chosen as the best record of the previous year.
He has decided to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the vital role local spots had in his initial steps.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing this success if it wasn't for all the performances I played around the area, and beyond, when I was just getting going," stated Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – approximately 16% of the total UK scene.
Recently, well-known musicians including the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by including a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which goes to help independent venues.
Fender also participated, raising over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to help thirty-eight grassroots venues across Britain.
The donation assisted spaces that were dealing with imminent closure due to issues arising from floods, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Other venues received financial assistance in improving infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that helped artists and concertgoers.
"The concept that revenue from concerts in major spaces backs the independent spots, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just sensible," the star has commented.
The musician is far from the only musician to give his Mercury Prize winnings to charitable organizations.
When the band won the trophy in 1996 for their album Different Class, vocalist Cocker declared that the group would contribute their cash to the organization War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer she split her prize among a few organizations, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also contributed a grand to the center, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed updated gear," the artist explained to the media.
Previously, Ezra Collective contributed their winnings to the community center that nurtured their act, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally winners that year M People gave their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was found to have the illness.
"Receiving the award was ample," stated vocalist the singer. "The cash was the extra but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our success touched the lives of others."
Last week, the trust revealed it had protected several small stages in that region, by bringing them into local control.
One venue in that area and The Croft in Bristol were bought under the public acquisition program, which is backed by the arts council and supporters who acquire "stakes" in the properties.
