The star has donated the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound Mercury Prize prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which works to protect the Britain's grassroots live music spots.
He was presented with the award on mid-October as his latest record his work was chosen as the outstanding release of the past year.
The musician has chosen to hand the money over to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the crucial part local spots fulfilled in his early career.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the performances I performed around the area, and further afield, when I was starting out," stated the artist. "These spaces are iconic, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these locations have permanently closed – approximately 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, major artists including Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which goes to help independent venues.
He also joined in, raising over £100k on his recent tour to help numerous local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation helped locations that were confronting imminent closure due to difficulties stemming from water damage, fires and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces obtained monetary aid in upgrading facilities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted performers and fans.
"The notion that money from performances in major spaces backs the local stages, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just common sense," Fender has said.
The musician is not the first artist to contribute his award funds to worthy causes.
Back when Pulp earned the prize in the mid-90s for their record Different Class, lead singer the singer announced that the band would contribute their prize money to the organization the charity.
That year, artist she shared her bounty among several charities, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I contributed a thousand pounds to the center, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked better apparatus," Ms Dynamite explained to a publication.
Previously, Ezra Collective contributed their prize money to the local youth club that supported their group, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Also the 1994 recipients M People contributed their prize to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was identified with the illness.
"Winning was ample," said vocalist the singer. "The cash was the extra but we didn't need the extra, because we had the main prize. So our winning impacted another person's life."
Recently, the trust revealed it had saved several grassroots venues in that region, by transferring them to public stewardship.
One venue in Southampton and The Croft in Bristol were purchased under the Own Our Venues program, which is funded by the arts council and music fans who acquire "stakes" in the venues.
