The Ten Accomplished Youth Organizations (TAYO) Awards is the sole award-giving program that "recognizes and supports the outstanding contributions of youth organizations" in the

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. It is organized and presented annually by the Ten Accomplished Youth Organizations (TAYO) Awards Foundation since 2012. The TAYO Awards was one of the flagship programs of the National Youth Commission until 2019. It is the most prestigious award given to youth groups in the Philippines.

Background

The TAYO Awards was founded by Senator

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in partnership with the then National Youth Commission Chairperson

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in 2002. Since its establishment, the program has accommodated at least 250 nominations annually. Throughout the years, it has also gathered corporate sponsors to give out special awards to its nominees. The TAYO Awards was one of the flagship programs of the National Youth Commission until 2019 under Ronald Cardema's term as the Commission's Chairperson and CEO. Cardema's term in 2019, the National Youth Commission stopped sponsoring the award-giving program to establish the ''President Rodrigo Roa Duterte Youth Leadership Awards'' which eventually did not materialize.

Process

Criteria

The program is open to clubs, groups, organizations, and societies whose membership and leadership are composed of at least five (5) members whose ages are 30 years old and below. The criteria for judging are as follows: # The project’s impact on its stakeholders # The project’s means of harnessing the spirit of volunteerism # The project’s creativity and innovation # The project’s sustainability; # The project’s effective use of resources

Rewards

The program's winners receive a specially commissioned trophy sculpted by Toym De Leon Imao and a grant of Php 50,000 intended to fund new projects or to continue long-term programs. Special tokens are also given by the program's partners which, in the past years, have included Coca-Cola Philippines,

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, and PLDT-Smart.

Awardees

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