The artist has given the full amount of his £25k honor prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to save the UK's independent live music spots.
The star was awarded the award on October 16 as his latest record People Watching was chosen as the top album of the previous year.
Fender has decided to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function small stages fulfilled in his early career.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the performances I performed around the region, and beyond, when I was beginning," stated Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these venues have shut down – about 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, major artists like Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to support the industry, by adding a modest fee to their ticket costs, which supports independent venues.
He also participated, collecting more than £100,000 on his live tour to assist thirty-eight small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation helped locations that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties caused by water damage, fires and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Other venues were granted monetary aid in improving facilities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted performers and fans.
"The concept that funds from performances in large arenas supports the independent spots, where it begins for performers like me, is just logical," Fender has said.
He is far from the only musician to give his honor prize money to charitable organizations.
In Pulp won the prize in the mid-90s for their record Different Class, frontman the singer declared that the band would give their winnings to the organization War Child.
That year, artist Ms Dynamite shared her award between multiple good causes, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also gave a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked new equipment," she explained to outlets.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective gave their winnings to the youth organization that supported their group, alongside other independent music bodies.
Additionally the 1994 recipients they contributed their winnings to a MS organization after a close contact was found to have the illness.
"Winning was quite enough," stated singer Small. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't require the extra, because we had the cake. So our victory touched another person's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust shared it had rescued a couple of local spots in south-east England, by bringing them into community ownership.
The first in Southampton and the second in Bristol were purchased under the public acquisition scheme, which is backed by the arts council and supporters who acquire "ownership units" in the buildings.