The artist has given the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound award winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to protect the UK's small concert spaces.
The star was given the cheque on mid-October as his latest record the album was named the top album of the past year.
The musician has opted to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the vital role small stages played in his initial steps.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing my current career if it hadn't been for all the shows I did around the North East, and further afield, when I was beginning," remarked Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these locations have shut down – about one-sixth of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, top acts such as the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which supports independent venues.
Fender also took part, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to assist thirty-eight local spots across Britain.
The donation supported venues that were confronting possible closure due to challenges stemming from floods, fires and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Other venues obtained financial assistance in modernizing infrastructure and gear that directly benefitted performers and fans.
"The notion that revenue from shows in large arenas supports the smaller venues, where it all starts for performers like me, is just common sense," the star has said.
Fender is not the first artist to donate his honor prize money to worthy causes.
When Pulp won the prize in 1996 for their album Different Class, frontman the singer declared that the group would contribute their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
That year, musician Ms Dynamite split her award between multiple good causes, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I contributed a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they required new equipment," the artist explained to outlets.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective donated their prize money to the local youth club that supported their group, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Also winners that year M People gave their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was diagnosed the disease.
"Winning was ample," stated singer Small. "The prize was the extra but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the cake. So our success touched somebody else's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had rescued several local spots in south-east England, by bringing them into local control.
The first in the city and the other in that location were acquired under the public acquisition program, which is backed by the arts council and supporters who buy "shares" in the buildings.
