The artist has given the entirety of his £25,000 award prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to protect the UK's independent concert spaces.
He was presented with the cheque on mid-October as his third album People Watching was declared the outstanding release of the previous year.
The musician has chosen to donate the funds to the trust, in recognition of the crucial part small stages had in his beginning days.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the shows I played around the area, and beyond, when I was beginning," stated Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – about 16% of the entire UK sector.
Recently, top acts like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by adding a modest fee to their admission fees, which supports smaller concert halls.
He also participated, generating more than £100,000 on his recent tour to support 38 small stages across Britain.
The donation assisted venues that were confronting potential shutdown due to challenges arising from flooding, blazes and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and sound issues.
Additional spaces received monetary aid in modernizing amenities and technical equipment that positively impacted performers and concertgoers.
"The notion that revenue from shows in big venues backs the local stages, where it all starts for artists like me, is just sensible," the star has said.
The musician is far from the only musician to contribute his honor prize money to good deeds.
When the band earned the award in the year 1996 for their record their work, vocalist Jarvis Cocker declared that the band would donate their cash to the non-profit War Child.
In 2002, musician Ms Dynamite split her award across a few good causes, such as the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I contributed a thousand pounds to the center, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they needed new equipment," Ms Dynamite told a publication.
Previously, they contributed their winnings to the youth organization that supported their group, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Also 1994 winners they contributed their winnings to a MS organization after a close contact was identified with the condition.
"Winning was quite enough," remarked vocalist the singer. "The money was the bonus but we could do without the bonus, because we had the honor. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had protected two grassroots venues in the South East, by placing them under community ownership.
One venue in that area and the second in that location were acquired under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is backed by a national body and supporters who purchase "ownership units" in the venues.
