The artist has handed over the complete sum of his £25k Mercury Prize prize money to the MVT, which operates to save the United Kingdom's small concert spaces.
The star was awarded the cheque on 16 October as his third album his work was named the top album of the past year.
Fender has decided to donate the funds to the trust, in appreciation of the vital role grassroots venues played in his beginning days.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it weren't for all the performances I performed around the North East, and further afield, when I was starting out," said Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these locations have permanently closed – approximately 16% of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, top acts such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by including a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which supports independent venues.
Fender also joined in, collecting over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to support 38 local spots across the UK.
The donation helped venues that were dealing with possible closure due to challenges stemming from water damage, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, court cases and neighbor objections.
Some locations were granted monetary aid in improving amenities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted performers and fans.
"The concept that funds from performances in major spaces supports the local stages, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just common sense," the star has said.
He is far from the only musician to donate his award funds to charitable organizations.
In the band received the prize in 1996 for their release Different Class, lead singer Jarvis Cocker announced that the band would give their winnings to the non-profit the charity.
That year, artist she divided her prize among a few charities, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also contributed a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they needed better apparatus," she explained to the media.
Two years ago, they gave their winnings to the community center that developed their band, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Additionally the 1994 recipients M People donated their award to a charity for MS after a close contact was diagnosed the condition.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," said vocalist the singer. "The cash was the cherry on top but we could do without the cherry, because we had the cake. So our winning affected somebody else's life."
Recently, the MVT announced it had saved two small stages in the South East, by bringing them into local control.
The Joiners in that area and the other in the city were acquired under the community ownership scheme, which is supported by the arts council and supporters who acquire "shares" in the buildings.
