The star has given the entirety of his £25,000 Mercury Prize prize money to the trust for venues, which functions to protect the Britain's small music venues.
He was presented with the prize on October 16 as his new release People Watching was chosen as the best record of the past year.
The musician has chosen to donate the funds to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the crucial part small stages had in his beginning days.
"I personally would not have achieved my current career if it wasn't for all the shows 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, over 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – approximately one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, major artists such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its efforts to help venues survive, by applying a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which benefits independent venues.
Fender also took part, raising over £100k on his live tour to support thirty-eight local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money assisted locations that were confronting imminent closure due to difficulties stemming from water damage, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Some locations received funding support in improving infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted performers and concertgoers.
"The idea that revenue from performances in major spaces helps the local stages, where it all starts for performers like me, is just common sense," Fender has said.
The musician is far from the only musician to give his honor prize money to worthy causes.
In they received the prize in the mid-90s for their record Different Class, lead singer the singer declared that the band would give their prize money to the charity War Child.
During 2002, musician Ms Dynamite shared her prize across several good causes, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I donated a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they needed better apparatus," the artist told a publication.
Previously, Ezra Collective gave their winnings to the community center that developed their act, as well as other independent music bodies.
And the 1994 recipients M People gave their winnings to a charity for MS after a close contact was identified with the disease.
"The victory was sufficient," remarked artist Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our victory affected somebody else's life."
Recently, the trust announced it had rescued two grassroots venues in south-east England, by bringing them into local control.
The first in the city and The Croft in the city were acquired under the community ownership program, which is funded by a national body and supporters who acquire "stakes" in the properties.
