The star has donated the complete sum of his £25k award cash to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to preserve the UK's grassroots music venues.
Fender was given the award on 16 October as his new release the album was named the outstanding release of the past year.
The musician has decided to hand the money over to the trust, in recognition of the vital role grassroots venues fulfilled in his early career.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing my current career if it hadn't been for all the performances I played around the North East, and beyond, when I was beginning," said the artist. "These locations are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these venues have shut down – about one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, well-known musicians like Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its initiatives to support the industry, by applying a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which supports smaller concert halls.
He also participated, raising in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to support 38 grassroots venues across Britain.
The donation assisted locations that were facing imminent closure due to issues arising from floods, blazes and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and sound issues.
Additional spaces obtained monetary aid in improving facilities and technical equipment that directly benefitted performers and audiences.
"The notion that funds from concerts in big venues helps the local stages, where it begins for artists like me, is just logical," Fender has stated.
Fender is far from the only musician to donate his award prize money to worthy causes.
When the band won the prize in the mid-90s for their release the album, vocalist Jarvis Cocker announced that the band would contribute their cash to the charity War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer she divided her award across multiple organizations, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I gave a thousand pounds to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they required better apparatus," Ms Dynamite shared with outlets.
Previously, Ezra Collective gave their prize money to the local youth club that developed their group, alongside other local music groups.
Also winners that year they donated their prize to a MS organization after a close contact was found to have the condition.
"The victory was ample," stated vocalist the singer. "The money was the cherry on top but we could do without the cherry, because we had the cake. So our success touched somebody else's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had protected two local spots in that region, by placing them under community ownership.
The first in Southampton and the second in the city were bought under the public acquisition initiative, which is supported by a national body and enthusiasts who purchase "ownership units" in the venues.
