This couple launched a nonprofit to democratize transplant information

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This couple launched a nonprofit to democratize transplant information
At 31, Tristan Mace needed a heart transplant, and the experience showed him how much the industry needed better information around care.

ByCassie McGrath
MAY 5, 2026

Five years ago, when he was 31 years old, Tristan Mace was in a coma in the hospital. The venture capitalist and tech entrepreneur had initially thought he had pneumonia but soon learned his heart was failing.
That left Jordan Mace, his wife who was three months pregnant with their first child at the time, to make a big decision: Should Tristan get a heart transplant?
She told us she was handed a binder with an overwhelming amount of information and given 24 hours to decide. It had answers to everything from whether a transplant recipient can get a tattoo or have a cat to if they can have children, she recalled.
The procedure was successful, but it left the couple with a new mission to make the transplant process easier for other patients and caregivers.
That's why on May 5 they launched the nonprofit transplants.org, a site that digitizes all those different binders to provide a one-stop shop for reliable, up-to-date transplant information.
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