diff --git a/chronograf.go b/chronograf.go
index f68cbcc55e..842a33cd0f 100644
--- a/chronograf.go
+++ b/chronograf.go
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ type Organization struct {
 	DefaultRole string `json:"defaultRole,omitempty"`
 	// Public specifies whether users must be explicitly added to the organization.
 	// It is currently only used by the default organization, but that may change in the future.
-	Public bool `json:"public,omitempty"`
+	Public bool `json:"public"`
 }
 
 // OrganizationQuery represents the attributes that a organization may be retrieved by.
diff --git a/server/organizations.go b/server/organizations.go
index 234150420a..b235ab5475 100644
--- a/server/organizations.go
+++ b/server/organizations.go
@@ -57,19 +57,13 @@ func (r *organizationRequest) ValidDefaultRole() error {
 }
 
 type organizationResponse struct {
-	Links       selfLinks `json:"links"`
-	ID          uint64    `json:"id,string"`
-	Name        string    `json:"name"`
-	DefaultRole string    `json:"defaultRole,omitempty"`
-	Public      bool      `json:"public"`
+	Links selfLinks `json:"links"`
+	chronograf.Organization
 }
 
 func newOrganizationResponse(o *chronograf.Organization) *organizationResponse {
 	return &organizationResponse{
-		ID:          o.ID,
-		Name:        o.Name,
-		DefaultRole: o.DefaultRole,
-		Public:      o.Public,
+		Organization: *o,
 		Links: selfLinks{
 			Self: fmt.Sprintf("/chronograf/v1/organizations/%d", o.ID),
 		},