The artist has donated the complete sum of his £25k honor prize money to the trust for venues, which works to preserve the Britain's small live music spots.
Fender was awarded the award on 16 October as his new release the album was chosen as the top album of the last 12 months.
The musician has decided to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the crucial part grassroots venues fulfilled in his early career.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing my current career if it hadn't been for all the gigs I performed around the area, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," stated the artist. "These spaces are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these venues have ceased operations – roughly 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, well-known musicians like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to support the industry, by including a small levy to their ticket costs, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Fender also took part, generating over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to support thirty-eight grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds helped locations that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties stemming from water damage, blazes and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and sound issues.
Additional spaces received monetary aid in improving infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted performers and concertgoers.
"The concept that money from concerts in big venues backs the smaller venues, where it begins for performers like me, is just logical," Fender has said.
The musician is far from the only musician to give his Mercury Prize funds to worthy causes.
When the band earned the trophy in the mid-90s for their album their work, frontman Jarvis Cocker stated that the group would give their cash to the organization the charity.
During 2002, artist the artist split her award between multiple charities, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also donated a grand to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked better apparatus," she explained to a publication.
Two years ago, the band donated their funds to the local youth club that developed their band, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Also the 1994 recipients they contributed their winnings to a MS organization after a friend was identified with the illness.
"Winning was quite enough," said vocalist Heather Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the cake. So our success impacted somebody else's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had rescued two small stages in south-east England, by placing them under public stewardship.
The Joiners in that area and The Croft in Bristol were purchased under the community ownership scheme, which is backed by Arts Council England and music fans who purchase "shares" in the buildings.
