The artist has given the complete sum of his £25k honor prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which works to preserve the UK's small music venues.
He was given the cheque on October 16 as his latest record his work was chosen as the best record of the past year.
The musician has decided to donate the funds to the trust, in appreciation of the vital role small stages played in his beginning days.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing this success if it weren't for all the performances I did around the region, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," said Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these venues have permanently closed – roughly one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Recently, well-known musicians like the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by applying a modest fee to their admission fees, which benefits local stages.
Fender also joined in, generating in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to help numerous small stages across the UK.
The money supported locations that were facing potential shutdown due to challenges arising from floods, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Some locations were granted monetary aid in upgrading amenities and gear that positively impacted artists and audiences.
"The notion that money from shows in major spaces backs the smaller venues, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just logical," the star has said.
He is not the first artist to donate his Mercury Prize prize money to charitable organizations.
Back when they won the trophy in 1996 for their release their work, lead singer Cocker stated that the band would donate their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite divided her prize between several good causes, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I contributed a grand to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they required better apparatus," the artist told the media.
Previously, they donated their funds to the youth organization that supported their group, alongside other local music groups.
And winners that year the group contributed their award to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was diagnosed the illness.
"The victory was quite enough," stated artist Small. "The money was the bonus but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the honor. So our victory impacted another person's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had protected several small stages in that region, by transferring them to public stewardship.
One venue in that area and The Croft in Bristol were acquired under the public acquisition program, which is funded by Arts Council England and music fans who buy "stakes" in the buildings.
