The artist has donated the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound Mercury Prize winnings to the trust for venues, which works to preserve the UK's independent music venues.
He was given the prize on mid-October as his latest record his work was declared the top album of the past year.
The musician has opted to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the crucial part grassroots venues had in his initial steps.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing my current career if it weren't for all the performances I did around the North East, and further afield, when I was beginning," stated the artist. "These venues are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – about 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, top acts such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a modest fee to their ticket prices, which benefits local stages.
Fender also participated, generating in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to help numerous local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds supported locations that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties arising from floods, blazes and bereavements, as well as permit problems, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Other venues received funding support in modernizing amenities and sound and lighting systems that helped musicians and fans.
"The idea that funds from performances in large arenas supports the smaller venues, where it all starts for performers like me, is just sensible," the star has commented.
The musician is far from the only musician to contribute his honor prize money to charitable organizations.
When the band received the award in 1996 for their release Different Class, frontman Jarvis Cocker announced that the group would contribute their cash to the non-profit War Child.
That year, musician the artist split her prize among multiple good causes, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I contributed a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they required new equipment," the artist told outlets.
Two years ago, the band donated their prize money to the local youth club that supported their act, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
And winners that year the group gave their award to a charity for MS after a friend was identified with the illness.
"Receiving the award was ample," said singer Heather Small. "The prize was the bonus but we could do without the extra, because we had the honor. So our winning impacted the lives of others."
Last week, the trust revealed it had saved several small stages in the South East, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The first in that area and the other in that location were acquired under the Own Our Venues program, which is funded by the arts council and supporters who acquire "shares" in the properties.
