The star has handed over the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound award prize money to the MVT, which works to preserve the UK's grassroots live music spots.
The star was presented with the prize on mid-October as his third album his work was chosen as the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
He has opted to give the cash to the MVT, in appreciation of the crucial part grassroots venues had in his early career.
"I wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the performances I played around the area, and further afield, when I was beginning," stated the artist. "These locations are iconic, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – roughly 16% of the total UK scene.
Recently, major artists like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by including a modest fee to their admission fees, which goes to help independent venues.
Fender also participated, generating more than £100,000 on his recent tour to assist 38 local spots across the UK.
These funds supported spaces that were facing potential shutdown due to challenges stemming from water damage, fires and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Other venues received funding support in modernizing infrastructure and gear that helped artists and audiences.
"The notion that revenue from concerts in big venues supports the independent spots, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just logical," the star has said.
The musician is not the first artist to donate his award prize money to worthy causes.
In they received the trophy in the year 1996 for their record Different Class, frontman Cocker announced that the group would donate their cash to the organization War Child.
During 2002, musician Ms Dynamite split her prize between a few good causes, like the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also donated a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they needed new equipment," the artist explained to outlets.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective donated their winnings to the community center that developed their act, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Additionally winners that year the group gave their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was identified with the illness.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," remarked vocalist Small. "The money was the bonus but we didn't need the extra, because we had the main prize. So our success affected another person's life."
Last week, the trust revealed it had rescued a couple of grassroots venues in the South East, by placing them under local control.
The Joiners in the city and the second in that location were bought under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is backed by Arts Council England and music fans who buy "ownership units" in the properties.
