[5] The TAYO Awards was founded by Senator Francis Pangilinan in partnership with the then National Youth Commission Chairperson Bam Aquino in 2002.

[7] Throughout the years, it has also gathered corporate sponsors to give out special awards to its nominees.

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[8] which eventually did not materialize.

[8] 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 categories are: The program's winners receive a specially commissioned trophy sculpted by Toym De Leon Imao[10] and a grant of Php 50,000 intended to fund new projects or to continue long-term programs.