The star has given the complete sum of his £25k award winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which works to protect the Britain's grassroots music venues.
The star was presented with the prize on October 16 as his new release the album was declared the best record of the past year.
The musician has decided to donate the funds to the MVT, in appreciation of the essential function grassroots venues had in his early career.
"As an artist would not have achieved this success if it hadn't been for all the gigs I played around the area, and further afield, when I was beginning," remarked the artist. "These locations are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these locations have shut down – approximately one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, well-known musicians such as Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by applying a small levy to their admission fees, which supports local stages.
Fender also took part, collecting more than £100,000 on his live tour to support 38 local spots across the UK.
The money helped locations that were facing possible closure due to issues arising from flooding, fires and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and sound issues.
Other venues received financial assistance in improving facilities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted performers and fans.
"The idea that revenue from shows in major spaces supports the local stages, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just logical," Fender has stated.
The musician is among several artists to give his honor winnings to good deeds.
In they received the prize in the year 1996 for their release the album, lead singer the singer announced that the band would give their winnings to the charity War Child.
That year, musician the artist divided her bounty across multiple organizations, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also donated a thousand pounds to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they required better apparatus," the artist explained to the media.
In recent years, Ezra Collective contributed their prize money to the community center that developed their band, alongside other local music groups.
Additionally winners that year the group contributed their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was identified with the disease.
"Winning was ample," remarked vocalist the singer. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't need the extra, because we had the main prize. So our victory affected the lives of others."
Recently, the MVT revealed it had protected a couple of local spots in south-east England, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The first in Southampton and the second in that location were purchased under the community ownership initiative, which is backed by Arts Council England and supporters who buy "shares" in the venues.
