The star has donated the entirety of his £25,000 award prize money to the trust for venues, which functions to protect the Britain's independent live music spots.
The star was awarded the prize on October 16 as his third album the album was named the best record of the past year.
Fender has opted to hand the money over to the trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part grassroots venues played in his early career.
"I couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the shows I played around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," stated Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these venues have ceased operations – roughly 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, top acts including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by adding a modest fee to their ticket prices, which benefits independent venues.
Fender also took part, raising over £100k on his live tour to assist numerous grassroots venues across Britain.
The donation supported locations that were dealing with imminent closure due to difficulties stemming from water damage, blazes and bereavements, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and sound issues.
Some locations obtained financial assistance in modernizing infrastructure and gear that positively impacted performers and fans.
"The notion that revenue from performances in major spaces backs the smaller venues, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just logical," Fender has said.
The musician is far from the only musician to donate his Mercury Prize funds to charitable organizations.
Back when they earned the trophy in the mid-90s for their album their work, lead singer Cocker stated that the group would donate their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
In 2002, musician the artist divided her award among multiple organizations, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I gave a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they needed new equipment," she shared with the media.
In recent years, the band contributed their winnings to the youth organization that nurtured their band, alongside other local music groups.
And 1994 winners the group contributed their prize to a MS organization after a acquaintance was identified with the illness.
"The victory was quite enough," said artist the singer. "The prize was the extra but we didn't require the extra, because we had the honor. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust shared it had rescued several small stages in that region, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The first in that area and The Croft in Bristol were bought under the public acquisition scheme, which is supported by a national body and music fans who purchase "stakes" in the buildings.
