The artist has donated the entirety of his £25,000 honor prize money to the MVT, which operates to protect the Britain's grassroots concert spaces.
The star was presented with the prize on 16 October as his third album his work was named the top album of the previous year.
The musician has decided to give the cash to the trust, in recognition of the essential function local spots had in his early career.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it weren't for all the gigs I performed around the area, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," said the artist. "These locations are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these venues have permanently closed – about 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Recently, well-known musicians such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its attempts to support the industry, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which supports smaller concert halls.
He also participated, generating over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to support numerous local spots across Britain.
These funds supported venues that were dealing with possible closure due to issues stemming from water damage, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, court cases and noise complaints.
Additional spaces received monetary aid in improving amenities and gear that helped musicians and fans.
"The idea that money from concerts in big venues backs the smaller venues, where it all starts for performers like me, is just common sense," the star has stated.
Fender is far from the only musician to give his Mercury Prize prize money to worthy causes.
Back when Pulp received the prize in the year 1996 for their release their work, lead singer Jarvis Cocker announced that the band would donate their cash to the organization War Child.
During 2002, musician Ms Dynamite divided her bounty across several good causes, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also donated a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they required new equipment," she shared with outlets.
In recent years, Ezra Collective contributed their winnings to the local youth club that nurtured their act, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally the 1994 recipients the group contributed their prize to a MS organization after a friend was identified with the illness.
"Winning was quite enough," said artist Heather Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the honor. So our winning touched another person's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust shared it had rescued several grassroots venues in the South East, by bringing them into community ownership.
One venue in that area and the second in the city were purchased under the public acquisition scheme, which is supported by a national body and supporters who buy "stakes" in the venues.
