The artist has donated the entirety of his £25k Mercury Prize cash to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the UK's small live music spots.
Fender was presented with the cheque on mid-October as his third album People Watching was chosen as the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
Fender has chosen to donate the funds to the trust, in appreciation of the essential function small stages played in his early career.
"I wouldn't be doing this success if it hadn't been for all the gigs I played around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," stated Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these venues have ceased operations – roughly 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Recently, well-known musicians including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by applying a small levy to their ticket prices, which supports independent venues.
Fender also participated, generating more than £100,000 on his recent tour to support thirty-eight grassroots venues across Britain.
These funds helped locations that were facing imminent closure due to challenges caused by floods, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Some locations received monetary aid in upgrading infrastructure and gear that positively impacted performers and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from performances in big venues backs the smaller venues, where it begins for performers like me, is just logical," Fender has commented.
He is among several artists to contribute his award winnings to charitable organizations.
When Pulp received the prize in the mid-90s for their release the album, lead singer Jarvis Cocker announced that the group would give their prize money to the organization War Child.
In 2002, musician Ms Dynamite divided her prize between multiple good causes, 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 a child and they needed new equipment," she told a publication.
Two years ago, the band donated their winnings to the community center that nurtured their band, alongside other local music groups.
And winners that year the group donated their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was diagnosed the disease.
"Receiving the award was ample," said artist the singer. "The prize was the extra but we could do without the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our success affected the lives of others."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had saved two grassroots venues in that region, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The first in that area and The Croft in the city were acquired under the public acquisition initiative, which is supported by a national body and supporters who acquire "shares" in the buildings.
