The star has given the full amount of his £25,000 honor cash to the trust for venues, which works to protect the Britain's grassroots concert spaces.
Fender was presented with the cheque on October 16 as his third album People Watching was declared the best record of the last 12 months.
Fender has chosen to donate the funds to the MVT, in recognition of the vital role local spots played in his early career.
"I couldn't be pursuing this success if it weren't for all the performances I did around the area, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," remarked the artist. "These locations are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these spaces have shut down – about 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, top acts including the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by adding a small levy to their ticket prices, which supports independent venues.
He also joined in, raising in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to support numerous local spots across the UK.
The donation supported spaces that were dealing with potential shutdown due to issues stemming from flooding, blazes and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Additional spaces received monetary aid in improving infrastructure and gear that positively impacted musicians and fans.
"The concept that money from concerts in big venues supports the local stages, where it all starts for performers like me, is just common sense," the star has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to give his award funds to good deeds.
In they earned the award in the year 1996 for their record the album, lead singer Cocker declared that the group would give their cash to the organization the charity.
That year, musician the artist split her award across multiple charities, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I contributed a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked updated gear," the artist told the media.
In recent years, they donated their funds to the local youth club that developed their group, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
And 1994 winners the group donated their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was found to have the illness.
"Winning was ample," stated singer Heather Small. "The prize was the extra but we could do without the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our victory affected the lives of others."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had saved a couple of grassroots venues in the South East, by placing them under public stewardship.
The Joiners in Southampton and the other in that location were bought under the Own Our Venues program, which is supported by the arts council and supporters who purchase "stakes" in the buildings.
