The artist has handed over the complete sum of his £25k honor winnings to the trust for venues, which operates to save the United Kingdom's independent concert spaces.
Fender was awarded the award on 16 October as his latest record his work was named the outstanding release of the past year.
He has decided to donate the funds to the trust, in recognition of the crucial part local spots had in his beginning days.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing my current career if it hadn't been for all the gigs I performed around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," remarked the artist. "These spaces are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have shut down – roughly one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Recently, major artists such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by including a modest fee to their ticket prices, which supports independent venues.
Fender also took part, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to assist numerous small stages across Britain.
The money helped locations that were confronting imminent closure due to difficulties stemming from flooding, blazes and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and sound issues.
Additional spaces obtained financial assistance in modernizing infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted performers and fans.
"The notion that money from concerts in major spaces helps the local stages, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just sensible," the star has stated.
Fender is far from the only musician to contribute his Mercury Prize prize money to charitable organizations.
Back when they won the trophy in 1996 for their album their work, frontman Jarvis Cocker stated that the band would contribute their prize money to the organization the charity.
That year, rapper and singer she divided her award across a few good causes, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I gave a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked new equipment," she told outlets.
Previously, they donated their prize money to the youth organization that developed their band, alongside other local music groups.
Also 1994 winners they contributed their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was identified with the illness.
"The victory was ample," said vocalist Small. "The prize was the extra but we didn't need the extra, because we had the honor. So our success affected somebody else's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had saved two local spots in the South East, by bringing them into public stewardship.
One venue in the city and The Croft in Bristol were purchased under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is supported by the arts council and music fans who buy "shares" in the venues.
