The star has handed over the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound honor prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to save the UK's grassroots live music spots.
He was awarded the award on October 16 as his latest record People Watching was declared the outstanding release of the previous year.
The musician has decided to hand the money over to the trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part grassroots venues fulfilled in his initial steps.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing this success if it wasn't for all the gigs I did around the region, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," remarked Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these locations have permanently closed – about one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, major artists including Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its efforts to help venues survive, by adding a modest fee to their ticket costs, which supports independent venues.
Fender also participated, raising more than £100,000 on his recent tour to help numerous grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation supported spaces that were dealing with potential shutdown due to difficulties stemming from flooding, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, court cases and noise complaints.
Other venues obtained financial assistance in improving amenities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted artists and fans.
"The notion that money from performances in large arenas backs the smaller venues, where it all starts for performers like me, is just logical," Fender has said.
Fender is among several artists to contribute his award prize money to worthy causes.
Back when the band earned the trophy in the mid-90s for their record their work, vocalist Jarvis Cocker stated that the act would give their winnings to the organization the charity.
In 2002, rapper and singer she split her bounty between a few organizations, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I contributed a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they needed better apparatus," Ms Dynamite told a publication.
Previously, they donated their funds to the local youth club that nurtured their act, in addition to other independent music bodies.
And the 1994 recipients the group donated their winnings to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was diagnosed the illness.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," said vocalist Heather Small. "The cash was the extra but we didn't need the extra, because we had the main prize. So our winning touched somebody else's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had protected two local spots in the South East, by placing them under public stewardship.
The first in that area and the second in the city were purchased under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is backed by Arts Council England and supporters who buy "shares" in the buildings.
