The makers of Pine-Sol cleaners, a product line of Clorox Company, have launched the 2010 Make a Powerful Difference Contest, which will award grants online to women who are helping improve their communities and are making extraordinary change.

One grand-prize winner will receive $10,000 to make a difference for their community or cause, while an additional nine finalists will each receive $1,000 to help support their initiatives. Since 2007, when the Pine-Sol Powerful...