The star has donated the full amount of his £25,000 award prize money to the trust for venues, which works to preserve the United Kingdom's grassroots live music spots.
He was presented with the cheque on mid-October as his new release the album was declared the outstanding release of the previous year.
Fender has opted to hand the money over to the MVT, in recognition of the crucial part grassroots venues played in his beginning days.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing my current career if it hadn't been for all the gigs I performed around the region, and further afield, when I was beginning," said Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – approximately 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, major artists including the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which supports smaller concert halls.
Fender also participated, generating over £100k on his recent tour to support thirty-eight small stages across Britain.
The money assisted spaces that were confronting imminent closure due to issues stemming from floods, fires and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and noise complaints.
Other venues received funding support in upgrading amenities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted artists and concertgoers.
"The notion that funds from performances in major spaces backs the local stages, where it begins for musicians like me, is just common sense," the star has stated.
Fender is among several artists to give his Mercury Prize prize money to charitable organizations.
Back when they earned the award in the mid-90s for their release their work, frontman Cocker declared that the band would give their winnings to the organization War Child.
That year, rapper and singer she divided her bounty across a few organizations, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I contributed a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they required new equipment," the artist told outlets.
Two years ago, the band donated their winnings to the community center that nurtured their act, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Also the 1994 recipients M People donated their winnings to a MS organization after a friend was diagnosed the condition.
"Winning was sufficient," said artist Heather Small. "The cash was the bonus but we could do without the extra, because we had the honor. So our victory touched the lives of others."
Last week, the trust shared it had rescued two grassroots venues in that region, by bringing them into local control.
One venue in the city and the other in Bristol were purchased under the community ownership program, which is supported by the arts council and music fans who buy "ownership units" in the properties.
