The star has handed over the complete sum of his £25k honor winnings to the trust for venues, which functions to protect the United Kingdom's small concert spaces.
The star was awarded the cheque on October 16 as his third album People Watching was declared the top album of the previous year.
The musician has chosen to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the vital role local spots fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I would not have achieved my current career if it wasn't for all the performances I played around the region, and further afield, when I was beginning," remarked the artist. "These venues are renowned, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – approximately 16% of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, major artists such as 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 minor surcharge to their admission fees, which supports local stages.
He also took part, generating more than £100,000 on his live tour to assist numerous grassroots venues across Britain.
The donation supported spaces that were dealing with potential shutdown due to issues caused by floods, fires and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and sound issues.
Additional spaces obtained financial assistance in improving amenities and gear that helped musicians and audiences.
"The idea that revenue from performances in big venues backs the local stages, where it begins for artists like me, is just logical," Fender has said.
The musician is not the first artist to donate his honor funds to charitable organizations.
When the band earned the prize in the mid-90s for their record Different Class, lead singer the singer declared that the act would donate their winnings to the charity War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer she split her bounty among multiple organizations, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also donated a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they required new equipment," she told the media.
Two years ago, they contributed their winnings to the community center that nurtured their act, alongside other independent music bodies.
Additionally winners that year they donated their winnings to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was identified with the condition.
"The victory was quite enough," said artist Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our winning impacted somebody else's life."
In the past week, the MVT announced it had saved two grassroots venues in the South East, by placing them under public stewardship.
The Joiners in that area and the other in Bristol were acquired under the community ownership scheme, which is backed by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who buy "stakes" in the properties.
