The artist has given the full amount of his £25,000 award cash to the MVT, which works to protect the United Kingdom's independent concert spaces.
He was presented with the cheque on mid-October as his third album his work was chosen as the outstanding release of the previous year.
The musician has opted to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the crucial part local spots played in his beginning days.
"I personally wouldn't be doing this success if it wasn't for all the gigs I did around the area, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," remarked Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these venues have permanently closed – roughly one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, well-known musicians like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by applying a small levy to their ticket prices, which benefits independent venues.
Fender also joined in, generating more than £100,000 on his recent tour to assist numerous small stages across the UK.
The donation supported spaces that were facing possible closure due to issues arising from flooding, fires and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Some locations were granted funding support in upgrading facilities and sound and lighting systems that helped artists and concertgoers.
"The idea that funds from shows in major spaces backs the local stages, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just logical," Fender has stated.
The musician is far from the only musician to give his honor winnings to good deeds.
When the band won the prize in the mid-90s for their album their work, vocalist Cocker declared that the act would contribute their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
That year, artist she shared her prize across multiple good causes, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I gave a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they required updated gear," the artist shared with a publication.
In recent years, they contributed their funds to the community center that developed their group, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Also winners that year M People contributed their prize to a charity for MS after a close contact was found to have the illness.
"The victory was quite enough," stated artist Small. "The prize was the extra but we could do without the extra, because we had the main prize. So our success affected another person's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had rescued two small stages in that region, by transferring them to community ownership.
The Joiners in that area and The Croft in that location were purchased under the community ownership program, which is backed by a national body and enthusiasts who buy "stakes" in the buildings.
