The artist has given the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound Mercury Prize cash to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to protect the United Kingdom's grassroots live music spots.
The star was awarded the award on 16 October as his new release his work was named the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
The musician has opted to give the cash to the trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function small stages had in his early career.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the shows I did around the area, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," stated the artist. "These spaces are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these locations have shut down – roughly 16% of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, major artists including Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by adding a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which benefits local stages.
Fender also joined in, raising more than £100,000 on his recent tour to help 38 local spots across the UK.
These funds assisted venues that were confronting possible closure due to difficulties caused by water damage, blazes and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, conflicts and sound issues.
Some locations were granted financial assistance in improving facilities and sound and lighting systems that helped musicians and concertgoers.
"The idea that money from performances in big venues supports the local stages, where it begins for musicians like me, is just common sense," Fender has commented.
He is far from the only musician to give his Mercury Prize funds to good deeds.
When Pulp earned the prize in the mid-90s for their record Different Class, frontman Jarvis Cocker stated that the band would give their cash to the organization War Child.
That year, rapper and singer she divided her award among multiple good causes, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I gave a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked new equipment," Ms Dynamite shared with a publication.
In recent years, Ezra Collective contributed their winnings to the local youth club that developed their act, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally winners that year they contributed their award to a MS organization after a close contact was identified with the illness.
"Winning was ample," stated vocalist Heather Small. "The money was the bonus but we didn't require the extra, because we had the honor. So our success affected another person's life."
In the past week, the MVT revealed it had saved two grassroots venues in that region, by placing them under community ownership.
The first in Southampton and The Croft in Bristol were bought under the community ownership scheme, which is backed by a national body and supporters who buy "shares" in the properties.
