The star has given the entirety of his £25,000 Mercury Prize cash to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to protect the United Kingdom's small music venues.
The star was awarded the award on October 16 as his latest record the album was declared the top album of the last 12 months.
The musician has chosen to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role small stages had in his initial steps.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing this success if it weren't for all the performances I did around the region, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," remarked the artist. "These locations are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these locations have shut down – roughly 16% of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, major artists including the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by adding a modest fee to their ticket costs, which supports local stages.
Fender also took part, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to help 38 small stages across Britain.
These funds helped venues that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties stemming from water damage, blazes and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and noise complaints.
Other venues obtained funding support in upgrading facilities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted musicians and concertgoers.
"The concept that money from concerts in big venues helps the local stages, where it begins for musicians like me, is just sensible," the star has commented.
Fender is not the first artist to give his honor funds to good deeds.
Back when they received the trophy in the year 1996 for their album their work, vocalist the singer announced that the band would contribute their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
In 2002, artist the artist split her prize between multiple charities, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also contributed a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked better apparatus," the artist shared with a publication.
Previously, Ezra Collective contributed their prize money to the youth organization that nurtured their band, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Also 1994 winners M People donated their award to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was diagnosed the disease.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," said vocalist Small. "The money was the bonus but we didn't need the extra, because we had the cake. So our winning touched another person's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust announced it had saved several local spots in that region, by bringing them into public stewardship.
One venue in the city and the other in that location were purchased under the Own Our Venues program, which is supported by a national body and supporters who purchase "ownership units" in the venues.
