The nonprofit Grace Institute provides education and training in business and administrative skills to economically disadvantaged women.
[2] They purchased the old Moore mansion on Tenth Avenue and West 60th Street to house the school that was incorporated by the New York State Legislature on April 16, 1897.
Sister Marie Dolores Van Rensselaer, who had opened Seton Hospital three years earlier, was appointed first superior of Grace Institute.
The curriculum guide in 1898 listed cookery, millinery, childcare, Red Cross, children’s sewing, and dressmaking as course offerings.
In the early 1960s part of Fordham University was to be located in the new Lincoln Center complex, necessitating that the Trustees of the Institute find another facility to house the school.
Using the latest technology, Grace continues to offer classes in Administrative Professional (includes internships) and Patient Services Representatives: where they cover the full range of computer competencies, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook; social media; cloud computing and automation; plus typing for speed and accuracy.
Continuing as a tuition-free, nonsectarian school, Grace Institute programs attracted women of all ages and from all walks of life who lived in the greater New York metropolitan area.