The artist has given the entirety of his £25,000 award cash to the MVT, which functions to protect the Britain's small live music spots.
The star was given the award on mid-October as his new release his work was declared the best record of the past year.
Fender has chosen to donate the funds to the MVT, in recognition of the crucial part grassroots venues fulfilled in his initial steps.
"I personally would not have achieved my current career if it wasn't for all the performances I performed around the North East, and further afield, when I was just getting going," stated the artist. "These locations are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these locations have shut down – roughly one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, top acts like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by applying a modest fee to their ticket costs, which supports independent venues.
Fender also joined in, collecting more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support numerous grassroots venues across Britain.
The donation assisted venues that were dealing with possible closure due to challenges stemming from floods, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as permit problems, conflicts and sound issues.
Some locations obtained monetary aid in upgrading facilities and gear that positively impacted performers and concertgoers.
"The notion that revenue from concerts in major spaces helps the independent spots, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just logical," Fender has said.
He is among several artists to give his award funds to charitable organizations.
Back when they earned the trophy in the year 1996 for their record Different Class, vocalist Cocker stated that the act would donate their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
That year, musician she divided her award across multiple organizations, like the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I gave a grand to my local community centre, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked updated gear," she shared with outlets.
In recent years, Ezra Collective contributed their winnings to the local youth club that developed their band, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
And winners that year they gave their prize to a charity for MS after a close contact was diagnosed the disease.
"The victory was ample," said singer Heather Small. "The money was the extra but we could do without the extra, because we had the main prize. So our victory affected somebody else's life."
Recently, the MVT revealed it had rescued several small stages in that region, by transferring them to local control.
The Joiners in the city and The Croft in that location were bought under the public acquisition initiative, which is supported by a national body and music fans who buy "stakes" in the properties.
