The artist has handed over the entirety of his £25k honor winnings to the MVT, which operates to preserve the Britain's small concert spaces.
He was presented with the prize on October 16 as his latest record People Watching was declared the outstanding release of the past year.
Fender has opted to give the cash to the trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part local spots played in his early career.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the performances I did around the region, and further afield, when I was just getting going," remarked the artist. "These locations are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these locations have permanently closed – roughly one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, well-known musicians like Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which goes to help local stages.
Fender also participated, raising over £100k on his recent tour to assist 38 small stages across the UK.
The donation supported venues that were facing potential shutdown due to difficulties arising from flooding, blazes and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, court cases and noise complaints.
Other venues obtained financial assistance in improving amenities and technical equipment that directly benefitted artists and concertgoers.
"The notion that revenue from performances in large arenas backs the smaller venues, where it all starts for artists like me, is just sensible," the star has commented.
He is not the first artist to donate his honor funds to good deeds.
When they won the trophy in 1996 for their album Different Class, frontman Jarvis Cocker declared that the act would contribute their prize money to the charity War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer she divided her prize between multiple charities, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also contributed a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they required new equipment," the artist told outlets.
Two years ago, they contributed their winnings to the local youth club that supported their band, as well as other local music groups.
Additionally the 1994 recipients the group gave their winnings to a charity for MS after a friend was identified with the disease.
"The victory was ample," remarked singer the singer. "The cash was the bonus but we could do without the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
In the past week, the MVT shared it had rescued two local spots in south-east England, by transferring them to community ownership.
The Joiners in the city and the second in the city were bought under the community ownership scheme, which is funded by a national body and supporters who acquire "shares" in the buildings.
