The star has handed over the entirety of his £25,000 Mercury Prize winnings to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the UK's independent music venues.
Fender was presented with the cheque on 16 October as his new release People Watching was declared the outstanding release of the past year.
The musician has chosen to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function small stages fulfilled in his initial steps.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing this success if it hadn't been for all the shows I did around the region, and beyond, when I was just getting going," remarked Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these venues have permanently closed – approximately 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, major artists such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by including a small levy to their admission fees, which goes to help local stages.
He also took part, collecting over £100k on his live tour to support 38 small stages across Britain.
The money supported locations that were dealing with potential shutdown due to issues arising from water damage, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as permit problems, court cases and neighbor objections.
Some locations obtained monetary aid in upgrading amenities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted performers and concertgoers.
"The notion that revenue from concerts in major spaces supports the smaller venues, where it all starts for performers like me, is just common sense," the star has said.
The musician is not the first artist to donate his award funds to worthy causes.
In the band won the trophy in the year 1996 for their record Different Class, lead singer Jarvis Cocker announced that the group would donate their cash to the organization the charity.
During 2002, artist Ms Dynamite split her award among several good causes, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I contributed a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked new equipment," the artist explained to the media.
Previously, Ezra Collective donated their winnings to the community center that supported their act, alongside other independent music bodies.
Also winners that year they donated their award to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was found to have the disease.
"The victory was quite enough," remarked singer the singer. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the honor. So our success affected the lives of others."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust shared it had protected a couple of small stages in south-east England, by transferring them to community ownership.
The Joiners in the city and the other in Bristol were acquired under the community ownership initiative, which is supported by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who acquire "shares" in the venues.
