diff --git a/pkg/api/admin_users.go b/pkg/api/admin_users.go
index 439ac5bcdbe..fc629bddd85 100644
--- a/pkg/api/admin_users.go
+++ b/pkg/api/admin_users.go
@@ -70,14 +70,14 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) AdminCreateUser(c *contextmodel.ReqContext) response.Respo
 	usr, err := hs.userService.Create(c.Req.Context(), &cmd)
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, org.ErrOrgNotFound) {
-			return response.Error(400, err.Error(), nil)
+			return response.Error(http.StatusBadRequest, err.Error(), nil)
 		}
 
 		if errors.Is(err, user.ErrUserAlreadyExists) {
-			return response.Error(412, fmt.Sprintf("User with email '%s' or username '%s' already exists", form.Email, form.Login), err)
+			return response.Error(http.StatusPreconditionFailed, fmt.Sprintf("User with email '%s' or username '%s' already exists", form.Email, form.Login), err)
 		}
 
-		return response.Error(500, "failed to create user", err)
+		return response.Error(http.StatusInternalServerError, "failed to create user", err)
 	}
 
 	metrics.MApiAdminUserCreate.Inc()
diff --git a/pkg/api/admin_users_test.go b/pkg/api/admin_users_test.go
index f6d2fb0aa35..27f715384db 100644
--- a/pkg/api/admin_users_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/admin_users_test.go
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ func TestAdminAPIEndpoint(t *testing.T) {
 
 				respJSON, err := simplejson.NewJson(sc.resp.Body.Bytes())
 				require.NoError(t, err)
-				assert.Equal(t, "organization not found", respJSON.Get("message").MustString())
+				assert.Equal(t, org.ErrOrgNotFound.Error(), respJSON.Get("message").MustString())
 			})
 		})
 	})
diff --git a/pkg/services/accesscontrol/middleware.go b/pkg/services/accesscontrol/middleware.go
index 2c3f1299f59..a8b23d4c476 100644
--- a/pkg/services/accesscontrol/middleware.go
+++ b/pkg/services/accesscontrol/middleware.go
@@ -215,8 +215,12 @@ func UseOrgFromContextParams(c *contextmodel.ReqContext) (int64, error) {
 	orgID, err := strconv.ParseInt(web.Params(c.Req)[":orgId"], 10, 64)
 
 	// Special case of macaron handling invalid params
-	if orgID == 0 || err != nil {
-		return 0, org.ErrOrgNotFound
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, org.ErrOrgNotFound.Errorf("failed to get organization from context: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if orgID == 0 {
+		return 0, org.ErrOrgNotFound.Errorf("empty org ID")
 	}
 
 	return orgID, nil
diff --git a/pkg/services/org/model.go b/pkg/services/org/model.go
index 081bc60fbf2..f523172b917 100644
--- a/pkg/services/org/model.go
+++ b/pkg/services/org/model.go
@@ -7,15 +7,16 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/models/roletype"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/user"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/util/errutil"
 )
 
 // Typed errors
 var (
-	ErrOrgNotFound         = errors.New("organization not found")
 	ErrOrgNameTaken        = errors.New("organization name is taken")
 	ErrLastOrgAdmin        = errors.New("cannot remove last organization admin")
 	ErrOrgUserNotFound     = errors.New("cannot find the organization user")
 	ErrOrgUserAlreadyAdded = errors.New("user is already added to organization")
+	ErrOrgNotFound         = errutil.NewBase(errutil.StatusNotFound, "org.notFound", errutil.WithPublicMessage("organization not found"))
 )
 
 type Org struct {
diff --git a/pkg/services/org/orgimpl/store.go b/pkg/services/org/orgimpl/store.go
index 462a6bd0b6f..a81025d751c 100644
--- a/pkg/services/org/orgimpl/store.go
+++ b/pkg/services/org/orgimpl/store.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func (ss *sqlStore) Get(ctx context.Context, orgID int64) (*org.Org, error) {
 			return err
 		}
 		if !has {
-			return org.ErrOrgNotFound
+			return org.ErrOrgNotFound.Errorf("failed to get organization with ID: %d", orgID)
 		}
 		return nil
 	})
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ func (ss *sqlStore) Update(ctx context.Context, cmd *org.UpdateOrgCommand) error
 		}
 
 		if affectedRows == 0 {
-			return org.ErrOrgNotFound
+			return org.ErrOrgNotFound.Errorf("failed to update organization with ID: %d", cmd.OrgId)
 		}
 
 		sess.PublishAfterCommit(&events.OrgUpdated{
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ func (ss *sqlStore) Delete(ctx context.Context, cmd *org.DeleteOrgCommand) error
 		if res, err := sess.Query("SELECT 1 from org WHERE id=?", cmd.ID); err != nil {
 			return err
 		} else if len(res) != 1 {
-			return org.ErrOrgNotFound
+			return org.ErrOrgNotFound.Errorf("failed to delete organisation with ID: %d", cmd.ID)
 		}
 
 		deletes := []string{
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ func (ss *sqlStore) AddOrgUser(ctx context.Context, cmd *org.AddOrgUserCommand)
 		if res, err := sess.Query("SELECT 1 from org WHERE id=?", cmd.OrgID); err != nil {
 			return err
 		} else if len(res) != 1 {
-			return org.ErrOrgNotFound
+			return org.ErrOrgNotFound.Errorf("failed to add user to organization with ID: %d", cmd.OrgID)
 		}
 
 		entity := org.OrgUser{
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ func (ss *sqlStore) GetByID(ctx context.Context, query *org.GetOrgByIDQuery) (*o
 		}
 
 		if !exists {
-			return org.ErrOrgNotFound
+			return org.ErrOrgNotFound.Errorf("failed to get org by ID: %d", query.ID)
 		}
 		return nil
 	})
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ func (ss *sqlStore) GetByName(ctx context.Context, query *org.GetOrgByNameQuery)
 		}
 
 		if !exists {
-			return org.ErrOrgNotFound
+			return org.ErrOrgNotFound.Errorf("failed to get org by name: %s", query.Name)
 		}
 		return nil
 	})
diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/user.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/user.go
index 2fe7a4c7a96..d197040a1d9 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/user.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/user.go
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func verifyExistingOrg(sess *DBSession, orgId int64) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	if !has {
-		return org.ErrOrgNotFound
+		return org.ErrOrgNotFound.Errorf("failed to verify existing org")
 	}
 	return nil
 }