The artist has handed over the entirety of his £25,000 honor cash to the MVT, which operates to protect the United Kingdom's independent music venues.
The star was presented with the prize on 16 October as his latest record the album was chosen as the outstanding release of the previous year.
The musician has chosen to donate the funds to the MVT, in appreciation of the essential function grassroots venues had in his early career.
"I couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the shows I did around the area, and further afield, when I was beginning," stated the artist. "These locations are iconic, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these venues have shut down – about 16% of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, well-known musicians including Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by including a modest fee to their ticket costs, which benefits local stages.
Fender also participated, raising in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to help thirty-eight grassroots venues across the UK.
The money supported locations that were dealing with imminent closure due to difficulties arising from water damage, blazes and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, court cases and neighbor objections.
Other venues were granted financial assistance in improving amenities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted performers and audiences.
"The idea that funds from performances in big venues backs the independent spots, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just logical," the star has stated.
Fender is not the first artist to give his award winnings to good deeds.
In Pulp won the trophy in 1996 for their album the album, vocalist Cocker declared that the group would give their winnings to the charity War Child.
That year, musician Ms Dynamite split her award between multiple charities, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I donated a £1,000 to the center, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they required new equipment," the artist explained to a publication.
Previously, they contributed their winnings to the community center that nurtured their group, alongside other independent music bodies.
Additionally winners that year M People gave their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was found to have the disease.
"The victory was quite enough," remarked artist Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the honor. So our success impacted another person's life."
In the past week, the MVT shared it had protected two grassroots venues in that region, by transferring them to community ownership.
The first in that area and the other in that location were acquired under the community ownership program, which is funded by a national body and enthusiasts who acquire "shares" in the properties.
