The artist has given the full amount of his £25,000 honor prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to save the UK's small live music spots.
The star was given the cheque on October 16 as his latest record People Watching was chosen as the top album of the previous year.
The musician has decided to give the cash to the MVT, in appreciation of the crucial part grassroots venues fulfilled in his early career.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing my current career if it weren't for all the performances I played around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," remarked the artist. "These locations are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have shut down – roughly one-sixth of the total UK scene.
Recently, well-known musicians such as Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which goes to help local stages.
He also took part, raising over £100k on his recent tour to assist thirty-eight local spots across Britain.
The money assisted spaces that were confronting possible closure due to challenges caused by water damage, blazes and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and sound issues.
Additional spaces received financial assistance in modernizing amenities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted artists and audiences.
"The notion that funds from performances in big venues supports the independent spots, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just sensible," Fender has commented.
He is not the first artist to contribute his honor prize money to worthy causes.
When they earned the prize in the mid-90s for their album their work, lead singer Cocker declared that the act would give their winnings to the charity War Child.
During 2002, musician Ms Dynamite split her prize between multiple good causes, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I donated a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed better apparatus," she told a publication.
Previously, they contributed their funds to the youth organization that supported their group, as well as other independent music bodies.
Also winners that year the group contributed their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was identified with the illness.
"The victory was ample," said vocalist Heather Small. "The money was the bonus but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our success touched the lives of others."
Last week, the MVT shared it had saved two local spots in south-east England, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The first in the city and the other in the city were acquired under the community ownership initiative, which is backed by the arts council and enthusiasts who acquire "ownership units" in the venues.
