The star has given the complete sum of his £25k award prize money to the MVT, which operates to protect the United Kingdom's independent concert spaces.
The star was awarded the award on mid-October as his latest record the album was named the outstanding release of the previous year.
The musician has chosen to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the essential function local spots played in his beginning days.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing my current career if it hadn't been for all the performances I played around the region, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," remarked Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these locations have permanently closed – about 16 percent of the total UK scene.
In the last year, well-known musicians including the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by applying a modest fee to their ticket costs, which supports independent venues.
Fender also joined in, raising over £100k on his recent tour to support 38 grassroots venues across the UK.
The money helped spaces that were confronting potential shutdown due to difficulties caused by water damage, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces obtained financial assistance in improving infrastructure and technical equipment that positively impacted performers and fans.
"The concept that funds from performances in big venues backs the independent spots, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just common sense," Fender has stated.
He is not the first artist to contribute his Mercury Prize prize money to charitable organizations.
When the band earned the prize in the year 1996 for their release their work, lead singer Jarvis Cocker stated that the group would give their cash to the non-profit the charity.
That year, artist she divided her prize between several good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I contributed a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they required updated gear," the artist explained to outlets.
In recent years, they donated their funds to the local youth club that supported their band, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
And winners that year they gave their prize to a charity for MS after a close contact was identified with the illness.
"The victory was quite enough," said singer the singer. "The cash was the extra but we didn't need the extra, because we had the cake. So our success touched the lives of others."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had saved several small stages in the South East, by placing them under public stewardship.
One venue in Southampton and the other in that location were purchased under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is funded by a national body and music fans who purchase "stakes" in the venues.
