The artist has handed over the complete sum of his £25k honor cash to the MVT, which operates to preserve the UK's independent concert spaces.
He was presented with the award on October 16 as his third album the album was named the top album of the last 12 months.
Fender has decided to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the vital role grassroots venues played in his beginning days.
"I wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the gigs I did around the region, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," stated Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these locations have ceased operations – roughly 16% of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, top acts like Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by adding a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which supports smaller concert halls.
He also participated, generating over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to support thirty-eight grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money helped locations that were confronting imminent closure due to challenges caused by water damage, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and sound issues.
Other venues obtained funding support in upgrading facilities and sound and lighting systems that helped musicians and concertgoers.
"The notion that money from performances in large arenas helps the smaller venues, where it all starts for performers like me, is just sensible," the star has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to give his honor funds to charitable organizations.
When the band won the award in 1996 for their album the album, vocalist Cocker announced that the group would contribute their prize money to the organization War Child.
During 2002, musician she split her prize across a few organizations, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I donated a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they needed better apparatus," the artist told the media.
Two years ago, the band gave their funds to the local youth club that nurtured their act, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
And the 1994 recipients M People donated their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was found to have the condition.
"The victory was quite enough," remarked vocalist the singer. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the honor. So our winning impacted somebody else's life."
Last week, the trust revealed it had rescued several grassroots venues in the South East, by placing them under community ownership.
The first in Southampton and the second in Bristol were bought under the Own Our Venues program, which is supported by Arts Council England and music fans who purchase "stakes" in the buildings.
