The artist has handed over the entirety of his £25,000 honor winnings to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the United Kingdom's independent concert spaces.
The star was presented with the prize on 16 October as his latest record People Watching was chosen as the outstanding release of the past year.
Fender has opted to donate the funds to the MVT, in appreciation of the crucial part grassroots venues played in his initial steps.
"I wouldn't be doing my current career if it hadn't been for all the performances I played around the region, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," said the artist. "These locations are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – roughly 16% of the total UK scene.
Recently, top acts such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by adding a small levy to their ticket costs, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Fender also joined in, raising in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to assist numerous small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money supported locations that were facing possible closure due to difficulties stemming from flooding, fires and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Other venues received monetary aid in modernizing amenities and technical equipment that positively impacted musicians and fans.
"The concept that money from shows in major spaces helps the local stages, where it all starts for performers like me, is just logical," Fender has stated.
He is not the first artist to give his award prize money to good deeds.
In they received the prize in the mid-90s for their album Different Class, lead singer Jarvis Cocker declared that the act would contribute their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
That year, musician the artist shared her bounty between several charities, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I donated a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they required new equipment," Ms Dynamite told a publication.
In recent years, they contributed their prize money to the community center that nurtured their group, alongside other independent music bodies.
Additionally winners that year the group gave their prize to a MS organization after a friend was diagnosed the disease.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," said singer Small. "The prize was the bonus but we could do without the cherry, because we had the cake. So our winning affected the lives of others."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had saved several grassroots venues in the South East, by transferring them to public stewardship.
One venue in the city and the other in Bristol were bought under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is backed by the arts council and enthusiasts who buy "stakes" in the buildings.
