The artist has donated the full amount of his £25k award cash to the MVT, which functions to preserve the Britain's independent music venues.
The star was given the cheque on 16 October as his third album his work was chosen as the top album of the last 12 months.
The musician has chosen to hand the money over to the trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function grassroots venues fulfilled in his early career.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing this success if it weren't for all the performances I did around the North East, and further afield, when I was starting out," stated the artist. "These spaces are renowned, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these venues have permanently closed – about one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, top acts like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by applying a modest fee to their admission fees, which supports local stages.
Fender also participated, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to help 38 grassroots venues across the UK.
The money helped venues that were confronting imminent closure due to challenges caused by water damage, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces obtained funding support in modernizing facilities and gear that positively impacted musicians and audiences.
"The notion that revenue from concerts in major spaces supports the smaller venues, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just logical," Fender has stated.
The musician is far from the only musician to give his award prize money to good deeds.
In Pulp received the trophy in 1996 for their release their work, vocalist Cocker declared that the act would contribute their prize money to the organization War Child.
That year, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite split her prize among several organizations, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I contributed a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they required better apparatus," she explained to a publication.
In recent years, Ezra Collective gave their prize money to the community center that developed their act, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Also the 1994 recipients the group gave their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was identified with the condition.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," stated singer Heather Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we could do without the bonus, because we had the honor. So our winning touched another person's life."
In the past week, the MVT revealed it had protected several local spots in south-east England, by placing them under community ownership.
The Joiners in Southampton and The Croft in that location were acquired under the public acquisition initiative, which is supported by the arts council and enthusiasts who acquire "stakes" in the buildings.
