The artist has donated the full amount of his £25k award winnings to the trust for venues, which functions to protect the United Kingdom's grassroots music venues.
He was presented with the cheque on October 16 as his new release People Watching was declared the top album of the last 12 months.
Fender has opted to hand the money over to the trust, in recognition of the essential function small stages played in his beginning days.
"I couldn't be pursuing this success if it wasn't for all the gigs I performed around the North East, and beyond, when I was beginning," remarked the artist. "These venues are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these locations have ceased operations – about one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, top acts like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its initiatives to help venues survive, by applying a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
He also took part, generating more than £100,000 on his recent tour to assist thirty-eight small stages across the UK.
The donation supported locations that were facing possible closure due to issues stemming from water damage, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces received monetary aid in improving amenities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted musicians and concertgoers.
"The notion that revenue from concerts in big venues helps the independent spots, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just sensible," Fender has stated.
He is far from the only musician to give his Mercury Prize prize money to worthy causes.
When they won the trophy in the year 1996 for their album the album, frontman Jarvis Cocker announced that the act would give their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
That year, musician Ms Dynamite shared her prize among multiple organizations, including the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also contributed a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they required new equipment," Ms Dynamite told the media.
In recent years, they gave their winnings to the local youth club that supported their group, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally winners that year the group gave their winnings to a MS organization after a acquaintance was identified with the disease.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," stated singer Heather Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the honor. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
Recently, the trust revealed it had rescued two small stages in the South East, by bringing them into local control.
One venue in the city and the other in that location were acquired under the public acquisition program, which is supported by a national body and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the properties.
