diff --git a/app/pages/OrgsPage.tsx b/app/pages/OrgsPage.tsx
index d49c37becb..da8f7b65bf 100644
--- a/app/pages/OrgsPage.tsx
+++ b/app/pages/OrgsPage.tsx
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@ import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { Link, useLocation, useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom'
 
 import type { Organization } from '@oxide/api'
+import { canWrite } from '@oxide/api'
+import { useEffectiveSiloRole } from '@oxide/api'
 import { apiQueryClient } from '@oxide/api'
 import { useApiQueryClient } from '@oxide/api'
 import { useApiMutation, useApiQuery } from '@oxide/api'
 import type { MenuAction } from '@oxide/table'
 import { DateCell, linkCell, useQueryTable } from '@oxide/table'
 import {
+  Button,
   EmptyMessage,
   Folder24Icon,
   PageHeader,
@@ -33,7 +36,10 @@ const EmptyState = () => (
 )
 
 OrgsPage.loader = async () => {
-  await apiQueryClient.prefetchQuery('organizationList', { query: { limit: 10 } })
+  await Promise.all([
+    apiQueryClient.prefetchQuery('organizationList', { query: { limit: 10 } }),
+    apiQueryClient.prefetchQuery('policyView', {}),
+  ])
 }
 
 interface OrgsPageProps {
@@ -47,6 +53,8 @@ export default function OrgsPage({ modal }: OrgsPageProps) {
   const { Table, Column } = useQueryTable('organizationList', {})
   const queryClient = useApiQueryClient()
 
+  const siloRole = useEffectiveSiloRole()
+
   const { data: orgs } = useApiQuery('organizationList', {
     query: { limit: 10 }, // to have same params as QueryTable
   })
@@ -92,9 +100,18 @@ export default function OrgsPage({ modal }: OrgsPageProps) {
         <PageTitle icon={<Folder24Icon />}>Organizations</PageTitle>
       </PageHeader>
       <TableActions>
-        <Link to={pb.orgNew()} className={buttonStyle({ variant: 'default', size: 'sm' })}>
-          New Organization
-        </Link>
+        {canWrite(siloRole) ? (
+          <Link
+            to={pb.orgNew()}
+            className={buttonStyle({ variant: 'default', size: 'sm' })}
+          >
+            New Organization
+          </Link>
+        ) : (
+          <Button size="sm" disabled>
+            New Organization
+          </Button>
+        )}
       </TableActions>
       <Table emptyState={<EmptyState />} makeActions={makeActions}>
         <Column accessor="name" cell={linkCell((orgName) => pb.projects({ orgName }))} />
diff --git a/libs/api/roles.ts b/libs/api/roles.ts
index c56124f26f..e348bfbfb5 100644
--- a/libs/api/roles.ts
+++ b/libs/api/roles.ts
@@ -157,3 +157,21 @@ export function userRoleFromPolicies(
     .map((ra) => ra.roleName)
   return getEffectiveRole(myRoles) || null
 }
+
+// Not having pop-in when the requests resolve depends on the right prefetches
+// having happened. This is probably too fragile. We need to explore this.
+// https://tkdodo.eu/blog/react-query-meets-react-router#a-typescript-tip
+export function useEffectiveSiloRole() {
+  const { data: me } = useApiQuery('sessionMe', {})
+  const { data: myGroups } = useApiQuery('sessionMeGroups', {})
+  const { data: siloPolicy } = useApiQuery('policyView', {})
+  return me && myGroups && siloPolicy
+    ? userRoleFromPolicies(me, myGroups.items, [siloPolicy])
+    : null
+}
+
+const readRoles = new Set<RoleKey>(['admin', 'collaborator', 'viewer'])
+const writeRoles = new Set<RoleKey>(['admin', 'collaborator'])
+
+export const canRead = (role: RoleKey | null) => (role ? readRoles.has(role) : false)
+export const canWrite = (role: RoleKey | null) => (role ? writeRoles.has(role) : false)