The artist has handed over the full amount of his £25,000 award cash to the MVT, which functions to preserve the UK's grassroots live music spots.
The star was presented with the award on mid-October as his latest record People Watching was declared the top album of the last 12 months.
The musician has opted to give the cash to the MVT, in recognition of the vital role grassroots venues fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it weren't for all the gigs I performed around the region, and beyond, when I was beginning," remarked the artist. "These venues are legendary, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – about one-sixth of the total UK scene.
Recently, top acts like the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by adding a modest fee to their ticket prices, which supports smaller concert halls.
He also joined in, raising more than £100,000 on his recent tour to help 38 small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation assisted locations that were facing potential shutdown due to difficulties caused by floods, fires and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and sound issues.
Additional spaces received financial assistance in improving facilities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted musicians and concertgoers.
"The notion that funds from shows in big venues helps the local stages, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just logical," the star has stated.
Fender is among several artists to contribute his award winnings to worthy causes.
Back when Pulp won the prize in 1996 for their record their work, lead singer Cocker announced that the act would give their cash to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, artist she split her prize between several good causes, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I contributed a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they required better apparatus," Ms Dynamite told outlets.
In recent years, they gave their winnings to the community center that supported their band, as well as other local music groups.
And 1994 winners the group donated their award to a MS organization after a close contact was identified with the disease.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," said artist Heather Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the cake. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had protected a couple of local spots in the South East, by placing them under community ownership.
The Joiners in the city and the other in Bristol were bought under the public acquisition scheme, which is supported by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who buy "shares" in the venues.
