The star has handed over the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound honor prize money to the trust for venues, which functions to protect the United Kingdom's independent live music spots.
The star was given the cheque on mid-October as his new release the album was chosen as the best record of the past year.
The musician has opted to donate the funds to the MVT, in appreciation of the vital role grassroots venues had in his early career.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it weren't for all the gigs I performed around the North East, and beyond, when I was beginning," remarked the artist. "These venues are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – approximately one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, top acts including Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by adding a modest fee to their ticket prices, which goes to help independent venues.
Fender also took part, generating over £100k on his live tour to assist 38 grassroots venues across Britain.
The money helped locations that were confronting potential shutdown due to issues caused by floods, fires and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Some locations were granted monetary aid in improving amenities and sound and lighting systems that helped artists and fans.
"The idea that revenue from concerts in major spaces backs the independent spots, where it all starts for performers like me, is just logical," Fender has said.
Fender is far from the only musician to donate his Mercury Prize prize money to charitable organizations.
Back when the band received the prize in the mid-90s for their album the album, frontman Cocker announced that the band would give their prize money to the charity the charity.
During 2002, musician Ms Dynamite divided her bounty between a few organizations, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I gave a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked better apparatus," the artist told outlets.
In recent years, the band donated their prize money to the local youth club that supported their act, as well as other local music groups.
Additionally the 1994 recipients they contributed their award to a MS organization after a acquaintance was diagnosed the illness.
"Winning was ample," said vocalist the singer. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the honor. So our success affected somebody else's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had protected two small stages in south-east England, by transferring them to community ownership.
One venue in that area and The Croft in Bristol were acquired under the public acquisition initiative, which is supported by Arts Council England and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the buildings.
