The artist has handed over the entirety of his £25,000 Mercury Prize prize money to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the United Kingdom's independent music venues.
He was presented with the prize on 16 October as his new release the album was chosen as the outstanding release of the past year.
Fender has opted to give the cash to the trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role grassroots venues played in his early career.
"As an artist would not have achieved what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the gigs I played around the region, and further afield, when I was just getting going," stated the artist. "These locations are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these spaces have shut down – about 16% of the entire UK sector.
Recently, major artists such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by applying a modest fee to their ticket prices, which goes to help independent venues.
He also participated, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to help thirty-eight small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds assisted locations that were facing potential shutdown due to difficulties caused by flooding, fires and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and sound issues.
Additional spaces were granted financial assistance in modernizing infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted artists and audiences.
"The idea that funds from concerts in large arenas backs the smaller venues, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just logical," the star has said.
The musician is far from the only musician to contribute his award prize money to charitable organizations.
Back when the band earned the award in the year 1996 for their record their work, frontman Cocker declared that the band would contribute their prize money to the organization War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer the artist split her award between several good causes, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also donated a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they required better apparatus," the artist shared with the media.
Previously, Ezra Collective gave their funds to the local youth club that nurtured their act, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
And the 1994 recipients M People contributed their winnings to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was found to have the disease.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," remarked singer the singer. "The cash was the extra but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our success affected another person's life."
Last week, the MVT shared it had saved two small stages in that region, by bringing them into local control.
One venue in the city and The Croft in Bristol were purchased under the public acquisition initiative, which is backed by the arts council and supporters who purchase "shares" in the buildings.
