The artist has given the complete sum of his £25,000 award cash to the MVT, which functions to protect the UK's independent music venues.
Fender was given the prize on October 16 as his new release his work was chosen as the top album of the past year.
He has chosen to donate the funds to the MVT, in recognition of the crucial part local spots fulfilled in his early career.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing my current career if it weren't for all the shows I played around the North East, and further afield, when I was beginning," said the artist. "These locations are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have shut down – roughly one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, top acts such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by adding a modest fee to their admission fees, which benefits local stages.
Fender also took part, collecting over £100k on his recent tour to assist thirty-eight local spots across Britain.
These funds supported locations that were facing possible closure due to challenges caused by water damage, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as permit problems, conflicts and sound issues.
Other venues received monetary aid in modernizing facilities and technical equipment that positively impacted musicians and concertgoers.
"The idea that revenue from shows in big venues helps the independent spots, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just sensible," Fender has stated.
Fender is not the first artist to give his award winnings to good deeds.
Back when Pulp received the trophy in the mid-90s for their album Different Class, frontman the singer stated that the band would give their prize money to the charity the charity.
In 2002, artist she shared her award between several organizations, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I gave a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they needed better apparatus," the artist explained to outlets.
Previously, they contributed their prize money to the local youth club that supported their act, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally 1994 winners M People donated their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was identified with the illness.
"Receiving the award was ample," remarked singer Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we could do without the extra, because we had the honor. So our success impacted another person's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had rescued several local spots in south-east England, by bringing them into local control.
The first in that area and the other in the city were acquired under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is backed by Arts Council England and supporters who buy "shares" in the properties.
