The artist has given the entirety of his £25,000 award cash to the trust for venues, which operates to preserve the UK's grassroots music venues.
Fender was given the cheque on October 16 as his third album his work was chosen as the top album of the previous year.
He has opted to hand the money over to the trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role grassroots venues had in his beginning days.
"As an artist would not have achieved this success if it wasn't for all the shows I performed around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," stated the artist. "These spaces are renowned, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these venues have permanently closed – roughly 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, top acts such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its initiatives to help venues survive, by applying a small levy to their ticket prices, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Fender also participated, generating more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support thirty-eight grassroots venues across the UK.
The donation supported venues that were facing imminent closure due to issues stemming from water damage, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and noise complaints.
Other venues were granted financial assistance in improving facilities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted artists and fans.
"The idea that funds from shows in major spaces helps the independent spots, where it begins for artists like me, is just common sense," Fender has stated.
The musician is among several artists to contribute his award winnings to good deeds.
When Pulp earned the prize in the year 1996 for their record their work, lead singer Jarvis Cocker announced that the group would contribute their prize money to the charity the charity.
That year, musician she divided her bounty across multiple organizations, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also contributed a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked new equipment," she explained to the media.
In recent years, they gave their winnings to the youth organization that developed their band, alongside other local music groups.
And winners that year M People donated their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was identified with the condition.
"The victory was ample," stated vocalist the singer. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the cake. So our winning impacted somebody else's life."
Last week, the trust announced it had saved several grassroots venues in that region, by placing them under community ownership.
One venue in Southampton and the second in that location were bought under the public acquisition initiative, which is supported by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who acquire "ownership units" in the properties.
