The artist has given the full amount of his £25k honor prize money to the MVT, which works to preserve the UK's small live music spots.
He was awarded the award on October 16 as his third album the album was chosen as the outstanding release of the previous year.
He has decided to hand the money over to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the vital role small stages played in his initial steps.
"As an artist would not have achieved this success if it wasn't for all the gigs I did around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," remarked the artist. "These venues are renowned, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these spaces have shut down – about 16% of the entire UK sector.
Recently, well-known musicians including the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its initiatives to help venues survive, by applying a small levy to their ticket costs, which supports independent venues.
He also joined in, collecting over £100k on his recent tour to assist 38 grassroots venues across Britain.
The money helped spaces that were dealing with potential shutdown due to difficulties stemming from flooding, fires and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces were granted financial assistance in modernizing amenities and technical equipment that helped performers and audiences.
"The notion that money from performances in large arenas backs the smaller venues, where it all starts for artists like me, is just common sense," the star has said.
Fender is among several artists to contribute his Mercury Prize winnings to worthy causes.
In Pulp earned the prize in 1996 for their record the album, vocalist Cocker declared that the group would donate their winnings to the organization the charity.
During 2002, rapper and singer the artist divided her prize between a few charities, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I donated a grand to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they needed updated gear," the artist told a publication.
Previously, the band contributed their prize money to the community center that nurtured their act, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
And winners that year the group contributed their winnings to a charity for MS after a close contact was diagnosed the disease.
"Receiving the award was ample," said vocalist the singer. "The prize was the extra but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the cake. So our winning affected the lives of others."
Recently, the trust announced it had protected several grassroots venues in the South East, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The first in that area and the second in Bristol were acquired under the Own Our Venues program, which is funded by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who buy "ownership units" in the properties.