The artist has handed over the entirety of his £25k honor winnings to the trust for venues, which works to preserve the United Kingdom's independent live music spots.
He was given the prize on 16 October as his third album his work was declared the outstanding release of the past year.
Fender has opted to hand the money over to the MVT, in appreciation of the crucial part small stages fulfilled in his early career.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the performances I performed around the region, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," remarked the artist. "These spaces are renowned, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have shut down – roughly 16% of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, major artists like the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to support the industry, by including a modest fee to their ticket costs, which goes to help independent venues.
Fender also participated, collecting over £100k on his recent tour to help thirty-eight grassroots venues across Britain.
These funds helped locations that were facing possible closure due to issues arising from floods, fires and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, court cases and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces received funding support in upgrading infrastructure and gear that helped performers and fans.
"The notion that revenue from concerts in large arenas backs the smaller venues, where it all starts for artists like me, is just sensible," the star has stated.
Fender is far from the only musician to contribute his Mercury Prize winnings to good deeds.
In the band earned the trophy in 1996 for their album Different Class, vocalist Jarvis Cocker declared that the band would give their winnings to the non-profit the charity.
That year, musician the artist split her bounty among a few organizations, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I gave a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked new equipment," the artist shared with a publication.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective contributed their winnings to the community center that developed their group, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Also the 1994 recipients M People contributed their winnings to a MS organization after a acquaintance was identified with the illness.
"Winning was sufficient," remarked singer Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't need the extra, because we had the honor. So our victory affected the lives of others."
In the past week, the trust revealed it had saved two local spots in south-east England, by transferring them to community ownership.
The first in Southampton and The Croft in that location were acquired under the community ownership initiative, which is supported by the arts council and supporters who acquire "stakes" in the properties.
