The star has given the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound award winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which works to protect the Britain's independent concert spaces.
The star was awarded the prize on mid-October as his third album People Watching was named the outstanding release of the previous year.
Fender has decided to give the cash to the MVT, in recognition of the essential function local spots played in his beginning days.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing this success if it weren't for all the gigs I played around the area, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," remarked the artist. "These venues are iconic, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – approximately 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, major artists like the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the trust in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by including a small levy to their admission fees, which supports local stages.
Fender also took part, raising more than £100,000 on his live tour to help 38 small stages across the UK.
These funds helped spaces that were facing potential shutdown due to issues arising from floods, fires and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces were granted monetary aid in upgrading facilities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted artists and concertgoers.
"The idea that revenue from concerts in large arenas helps the smaller venues, where it begins for artists like me, is just sensible," the star has commented.
He is not the first artist to contribute his Mercury Prize winnings to good deeds.
In they earned the prize in the mid-90s for their release Different Class, vocalist the singer declared that the act would give their prize money to the organization the charity.
That year, musician the artist divided her bounty across several charities, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I gave a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they required better apparatus," the artist told the media.
Previously, the band contributed their winnings to the youth organization that developed their band, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
And winners that year they gave their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was identified with the condition.
"The victory was quite enough," stated artist the singer. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't require the extra, because we had the honor. So our victory touched the lives of others."
Recently, the trust shared it had rescued several small stages in the South East, by bringing them into local control.
One venue in that area and the other in Bristol were purchased under the public acquisition program, which is backed by Arts Council England and supporters who purchase "stakes" in the venues.
