The star has given the complete sum of his £25k Mercury Prize prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which works to preserve the Britain's small concert spaces.
Fender was awarded the award on mid-October as his new release People Watching was chosen as the top album of the past year.
The musician has chosen to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the crucial part small stages had in his early career.
"I wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it weren't for all the shows I did around the North East, and beyond, when I was starting out," said Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these locations have ceased operations – roughly 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Recently, major artists including the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by including a modest fee to their admission fees, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
He also joined in, raising over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to support thirty-eight local spots across the UK.
These funds assisted venues that were confronting potential shutdown due to issues caused by water damage, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and neighbor objections.
Some locations were granted financial assistance in upgrading amenities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted artists and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from performances in major spaces backs the smaller venues, where it all starts for performers like me, is just logical," Fender has commented.
He is far from the only musician to give his honor winnings to worthy causes.
In they earned the prize in the year 1996 for their record the album, vocalist Cocker declared that the act would donate their winnings to the non-profit the charity.
During 2002, musician she split her award between a few charities, like the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also gave a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they required better apparatus," she shared with outlets.
Previously, the band donated their funds to the youth organization that supported their act, as well as other local music groups.
Also winners that year M People contributed their winnings to a MS organization after a acquaintance was identified with the disease.
"The victory was ample," stated singer the singer. "The money was the extra but we could do without the cherry, because we had the cake. So our success touched somebody else's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had saved several local spots in the South East, by transferring them to local control.
The Joiners in Southampton and The Croft in Bristol were acquired under the community ownership program, which is supported by the arts council and supporters who acquire "ownership units" in the properties.
