The artist has given the entirety of his £25,000 award prize money to the MVT, which operates to save the United Kingdom's independent music venues.
The star was awarded the prize on October 16 as his latest record his work was chosen as the top album of the previous year.
He has opted to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function grassroots venues played in his initial steps.
"I couldn't be pursuing my current career if it weren't for all the performances I played around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," remarked Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these spaces have shut down – about 16% of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, well-known musicians such as the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a small levy to their ticket costs, which benefits smaller concert halls.
He also joined in, generating in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to help numerous grassroots venues across the UK.
These funds assisted venues that were dealing with potential shutdown due to difficulties caused by floods, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and sound issues.
Other venues received funding support in modernizing facilities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted performers and fans.
"The idea that revenue from concerts in major spaces supports the local stages, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just logical," Fender has stated.
The musician is not the first artist to give his award winnings to worthy causes.
In the band won the prize in the mid-90s for their album Different Class, lead singer the singer stated that the band would donate their prize money to the charity War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer the artist divided her bounty across several charities, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I gave a £1,000 to the center, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they required better apparatus," she shared with outlets.
Previously, the band donated their prize money to the youth organization that nurtured their act, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
And 1994 winners the group donated their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was identified with the condition.
"The victory was ample," said singer Small. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't require the extra, because we had the cake. So our victory affected somebody else's life."
Last week, the MVT revealed it had rescued two grassroots venues in the South East, by bringing them into public stewardship.
One venue in Southampton and the second in Bristol were purchased under the community ownership program, which is funded by a national body and enthusiasts who purchase "stakes" in the properties.
