The star has handed over the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound award prize money to the trust for venues, which operates to preserve the UK's small music venues.
He was presented with the prize on 16 October as his new release the album was chosen as the top album of the last 12 months.
He has chosen to donate the funds to the MVT, in recognition of the crucial part local spots fulfilled in his early career.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the shows I played around the region, and further afield, when I was beginning," said the artist. "These spaces are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these locations have shut down – approximately 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, top acts like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the trust in its efforts to support the industry, by applying a small levy to their ticket costs, which benefits local stages.
He also joined in, collecting over £100k on his recent tour to help numerous small stages across the UK.
The donation assisted spaces that were dealing with potential shutdown due to challenges stemming from flooding, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Some locations obtained financial assistance in upgrading infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted artists and fans.
"The concept that revenue from shows in large arenas helps the independent spots, where it all starts for performers like me, is just logical," Fender has said.
The musician is not the first artist to give his award prize money to good deeds.
In the band earned the prize in 1996 for their album Different Class, lead singer Cocker stated that the band would donate their cash to the charity War Child.
That year, artist she split her award between a few organizations, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also gave a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked new equipment," the artist explained to the media.
Two years ago, the band donated their prize money to the community center that developed their group, as well as other independent music bodies.
Additionally winners that year the group donated their prize to a charity for MS after a close contact was found to have the illness.
"Winning was sufficient," remarked vocalist Heather Small. "The cash was the extra but we didn't need the extra, because we had the main prize. So our winning impacted another person's life."
Recently, the MVT announced it had rescued several local spots in south-east England, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The Joiners in Southampton and the second in that location were acquired under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is supported by a national body and supporters who buy "stakes" in the buildings.
