The artist has handed over the full amount of his £25k award winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to save the UK's grassroots music venues.
Fender was presented with the award on mid-October as his new release his work was named the top album of the past year.
The musician has chosen to hand the money over to the trust, in appreciation of the crucial part grassroots venues had in his early career.
"I wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the shows I performed around the North East, and beyond, when I was starting out," stated Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these locations have permanently closed – approximately 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, well-known musicians like Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by including a small levy to their admission fees, which goes to help local stages.
Fender also joined in, generating in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to support 38 local spots across the UK.
These funds supported locations that were facing potential shutdown due to challenges arising from flooding, fires and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces received funding support in upgrading amenities and sound and lighting systems that helped artists and audiences.
"The concept that revenue from shows in large arenas backs the independent spots, where it begins for musicians like me, is just common sense," Fender has commented.
He is far from the only musician to give his honor prize money to good deeds.
In Pulp earned the prize in 1996 for their album their work, lead singer Jarvis Cocker stated that the group would contribute their prize money to the charity War Child.
During 2002, artist Ms Dynamite divided her award between multiple good causes, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also contributed a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they required better apparatus," Ms Dynamite shared with the media.
In recent years, the band gave their funds to the community center that supported their group, in addition to other independent music bodies.
And winners that year the group contributed their award to a MS organization after a friend was identified with the disease.
"The victory was ample," remarked artist Heather Small. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the honor. So our success touched another person's life."
Recently, the trust shared it had saved two local spots in south-east England, by placing them under local control.
The Joiners in the city and the other in that location were acquired under the public acquisition scheme, which is supported by the arts council and supporters who purchase "shares" in the buildings.
