The artist has handed over the entirety of his £25,000 award prize money to the MVT, which operates to protect the Britain's independent concert spaces.
Fender was awarded the cheque on mid-October as his third album People Watching was named the best record of the last 12 months.
He has decided to donate the funds to the trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part grassroots venues played in his early career.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing my current career if it wasn't for all the gigs I performed around the area, and beyond, when I was beginning," stated Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – roughly one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, major artists including the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its efforts to help venues survive, by including a small levy to their ticket prices, which goes to help independent venues.
He also participated, generating over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to assist 38 small stages across Britain.
These funds assisted locations that were confronting imminent closure due to challenges caused by floods, blazes and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Other venues received funding support in improving amenities and gear that helped musicians and concertgoers.
"The notion that funds from shows in major spaces helps the smaller venues, where it begins for performers like me, is just sensible," Fender has commented.
He is among several artists to donate his award prize money to charitable organizations.
When Pulp received the prize in the mid-90s for their record the album, lead singer Jarvis Cocker announced that the band would give their winnings to the organization the charity.
That year, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite divided her bounty across a few charities, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I gave a grand to my local community centre, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked new equipment," Ms Dynamite shared with the media.
Previously, Ezra Collective gave their prize money to the local youth club that nurtured their act, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
Also 1994 winners they contributed their winnings to a charity for MS after a close contact was identified with the illness.
"Winning was quite enough," remarked artist Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we could do without the cherry, because we had the honor. So our victory affected somebody else's life."
Recently, the MVT shared it had rescued several grassroots venues in the South East, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The first in the city and the other in the city were bought under the community ownership initiative, which is backed by a national body and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.
