diff --git a/models/organization/org_list.go b/models/organization/org_list.go
index e387936473..371993cdee 100644
--- a/models/organization/org_list.go
+++ b/models/organization/org_list.go
@@ -71,11 +71,8 @@ func GetOrgsCanCreateRepoByUserID(ctx context.Context, userID int64) ([]*Organiz
 		Find(&orgs)
 }
 
-// MinimalOrg represents a simple organization with only the needed columns
-type MinimalOrg = Organization
-
 // GetUserOrgsList returns all organizations the given user has access to
-func GetUserOrgsList(ctx context.Context, user *user_model.User) ([]*MinimalOrg, error) {
+func GetUserOrgsList(ctx context.Context, user *user_model.User) ([]*Organization, error) {
 	schema, err := db.TableInfo(new(user_model.User))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -100,7 +97,7 @@ func GetUserOrgsList(ctx context.Context, user *user_model.User) ([]*MinimalOrg,
 	}
 	columnsStr := selectColumns.String()
 
-	var orgs []*MinimalOrg
+	var orgs []*Organization
 	if err := db.GetEngine(ctx).Select(columnsStr).
 		Table("user").
 		Where(builder.In("`user`.`id`", queryUserOrgIDs(user.ID, true))).
@@ -138,6 +135,7 @@ func GetUserOrgsList(ctx context.Context, user *user_model.User) ([]*MinimalOrg,
 
 	for _, org := range orgs {
 		org.NumRepos = orgCountMap[org.ID]
+		org.Type = user_model.UserTypeOrganization
 	}
 
 	return orgs, nil
diff --git a/models/organization/org_list_test.go b/models/organization/org_list_test.go
index 170e2bf131..6e8c0bac26 100644
--- a/models/organization/org_list_test.go
+++ b/models/organization/org_list_test.go
@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@ func TestGetUserOrgsList(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, unittest.PrepareTestDatabase())
 	orgs, err := organization.GetUserOrgsList(db.DefaultContext, &user_model.User{ID: 4})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	if assert.Len(t, orgs, 1) {
-		assert.EqualValues(t, 3, orgs[0].ID)
-		// repo_id: 3 is in the team, 32 is public, 5 is private with no team
-		assert.Equal(t, 2, orgs[0].NumRepos)
-	}
+	assert.Len(t, orgs, 1)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, 3, orgs[0].ID)
+	// repo_id: 3 is in the team, 32 is public, 5 is private with no team
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, orgs[0].NumRepos)
+	assert.Equal(t, user_model.UserTypeOrganization, orgs[0].Type)
 }
 
 func TestGetUserOrgsListSorting(t *testing.T) {
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func TestGetUserOrgsListSorting(t *testing.T) {
 	orgs, err := organization.GetUserOrgsList(db.DefaultContext, &user_model.User{ID: 1})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	isSorted := slices.IsSortedFunc(orgs, func(a, b *organization.MinimalOrg) int {
+	isSorted := slices.IsSortedFunc(orgs, func(a, b *organization.Organization) int {
 		return strings.Compare(strings.ToLower(a.Name), strings.ToLower(b.Name))
 	})