The star has given the complete sum of his £25k honor winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to protect the UK's grassroots music venues.
Fender was presented with the award on October 16 as his new release his work was chosen as the best record of the past year.
Fender has decided to hand the money over to the MVT, in appreciation of the vital role grassroots venues fulfilled in his initial steps.
"As an artist would not have achieved my current career if it wasn't for all the gigs I performed around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," said Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have ceased operations – approximately 16% of the total UK scene.
In the last year, top acts including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its efforts to support the industry, by including a modest fee to their ticket costs, which goes to help independent venues.
He also participated, raising more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to help numerous grassroots venues across the UK.
The donation assisted spaces that were dealing with possible closure due to challenges stemming from floods, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Some locations received monetary aid in improving infrastructure and technical equipment that directly benefitted musicians and concertgoers.
"The concept that revenue from shows in large arenas helps the smaller venues, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just common sense," Fender has commented.
The musician is far from the only musician to give his award funds to charitable organizations.
In the band earned the prize in the year 1996 for their record the album, vocalist Cocker stated that the group would donate their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
That year, musician she divided her prize across multiple organizations, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I donated a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked better apparatus," she explained to a publication.
Previously, Ezra Collective donated their winnings to the local youth club that nurtured their act, as well as other local music groups.
Additionally 1994 winners the group donated their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was identified with the disease.
"The victory was sufficient," stated vocalist Heather Small. "The prize was the extra but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the cake. So our winning touched somebody else's life."
In the past week, the MVT shared it had saved a couple of small stages in south-east England, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The Joiners in the city and the second in that location were bought under the community ownership program, which is supported by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who purchase "ownership units" in the venues.
