diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index a1fc68f33bf..86f00029dd6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -9,8 +9,13 @@ Changelog
 
 v2.6.0 TBA
 =================
+
 API changes and deprecations:
- * Replace `c.__version__` with new helper `h.ckan_version()` (#3103)
+ * Replace ``c.__version__`` with new helper ``h.ckan_version()`` (#3103)
+ * ``organization_list_for_user`` (and the ``h.organizations_available()``
+   helper) now return all organizations a user belongs to regardless of
+   capacity (Admin, Editor or Member), not just the ones where she is an
+   administrator (#2457)
 
 Major:
  * Private datasets are now included in the default dataset search results (#3191)
diff --git a/ckan/lib/helpers.py b/ckan/lib/helpers.py
index 449363766e4..3949f8209c5 100644
--- a/ckan/lib/helpers.py
+++ b/ckan/lib/helpers.py
@@ -1640,7 +1640,7 @@ def groups_available(am_member=False):
 
 
 @core_helper
-def organizations_available(permission='admin'):
+def organizations_available(permission='read'):
     '''Return a list of organizations that the current user has the specified
     permission for.
     '''
diff --git a/ckan/logic/action/get.py b/ckan/logic/action/get.py
index 4294453e06b..9ca5e9d7587 100644
--- a/ckan/logic/action/get.py
+++ b/ckan/logic/action/get.py
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ def organization_list_for_user(context, data_dict):
 
     :param permission: the permission the user has against the
         returned organizations, for example ``"read"`` or ``"create_dataset"``
-        (optional, default: ``"admin"``)
+        (optional, default: ``"read"``)
     :type permission: string
 
     :returns: list of organizations that the user has the given permission for
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ def organization_list_for_user(context, data_dict):
     sysadmin = authz.is_sysadmin(user)
 
     orgs_q = model.Session.query(model.Group) \
-        .filter(model.Group.is_organization == True) \
+        .filter(model.Group.is_organization is True) \
         .filter(model.Group.state == 'active')
 
     if sysadmin:
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ def organization_list_for_user(context, data_dict):
     else:
         # for non-Sysadmins check they have the required permission
 
-        permission = data_dict.get('permission', 'admin')
+        permission = data_dict.get('permission', 'read')
 
         roles = authz.get_roles_with_permission(permission)