The star has given the full amount of his £25,000 Mercury Prize cash to the Music Venues Trust, which works to preserve the Britain's grassroots concert spaces.
He was awarded the prize on mid-October as his latest record People Watching was declared the best record of the last 12 months.
The musician has opted to hand the money over to the MVT, in appreciation of the crucial part local spots had in his initial steps.
"I personally would not have achieved this success if it wasn't for all the shows I performed around the area, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," said Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – about 16 percent of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, major artists like Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by applying a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which goes to help local stages.
He also took part, generating more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to assist 38 small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money assisted venues that were facing possible closure due to difficulties stemming from water damage, fires and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and sound issues.
Additional spaces received monetary aid in improving facilities and gear that helped performers and concertgoers.
"The notion that revenue from performances in large arenas supports the local stages, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just common sense," Fender has said.
He is among several artists to give his Mercury Prize funds to good deeds.
When they won the prize in 1996 for their release the album, lead singer Cocker stated that the band would donate their prize money to the charity the charity.
That year, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite split her bounty among several organizations, like the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I gave a thousand pounds to the center, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they required updated gear," Ms Dynamite shared with outlets.
In recent years, Ezra Collective contributed their prize money to the local youth club that developed their act, as well as other local music groups.
And the 1994 recipients the group contributed their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was found to have the disease.
"Winning was ample," said singer the singer. "The cash was the extra but we could do without the extra, because we had the honor. So our success impacted the lives of others."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust shared it had protected a couple of local spots in that region, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The first in the city and The Croft in the city were bought under the public acquisition initiative, which is backed by the arts council and supporters who buy "shares" in the venues.
