diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/hooks/organizations/useOrganizations.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/hooks/organizations/useOrganizations.ts
index 734c1986f8f..7e53a86496c 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/hooks/organizations/useOrganizations.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/hooks/organizations/useOrganizations.ts
@@ -10,10 +10,18 @@ export interface OrganizationListFilters {
   org_alias?: string | null;
 }
 
-export const useOrganizations = (filters?: OrganizationListFilters): UseQueryResult<Organization[]> => {
+export interface UseOrganizationsOptions {
+  enabled?: boolean;
+}
+
+export const useOrganizations = (
+  filters?: OrganizationListFilters,
+  options?: UseOrganizationsOptions,
+): UseQueryResult<Organization[]> => {
   const { accessToken, userId, userRole } = useAuthorized();
   const orgId = filters?.org_id || null;
   const orgAlias = filters?.org_alias || null;
+  const enabled = options?.enabled ?? true;
   return useQuery<Organization[]>({
     queryKey: organizationKeys.list(
       orgId || orgAlias
@@ -21,7 +29,7 @@ export const useOrganizations = (filters?: OrganizationListFilters): UseQueryRes
         : {},
     ),
     queryFn: async () => await organizationListCall(accessToken!, orgId, orgAlias),
-    enabled: Boolean(accessToken && userId && userRole),
+    enabled: enabled && Boolean(accessToken && userId && userRole),
   });
 };
 
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/hooks/useCan.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/hooks/useCan.ts
index 13903007cae..3d7788432b8 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/hooks/useCan.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/hooks/useCan.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 "use client";
 
-import { hasCapability, type Capability } from "@/utils/capabilities";
+import { capabilityRequiresOrgAdmin, hasCapability, type Capability } from "@/utils/capabilities";
 
 import useAuthorized from "./useAuthorized";
 import useIsOrgAdmin from "./useIsOrgAdmin";
 
 const useCan = (capability: Capability): boolean => {
   const { userRole } = useAuthorized();
-  const isOrgAdmin = useIsOrgAdmin();
+  const isOrgAdmin = useIsOrgAdmin({ enabled: capabilityRequiresOrgAdmin(capability) });
   return hasCapability(userRole, capability, isOrgAdmin);
 };
 
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/hooks/useIsOrgAdmin.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/hooks/useIsOrgAdmin.ts
index d93b57a3fc3..41d65ac7167 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/hooks/useIsOrgAdmin.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/hooks/useIsOrgAdmin.ts
@@ -5,10 +5,15 @@ import { isOrgAdminForAnyOrg, isOrgAdminSessionRole } from "@/utils/roles";
 import { useOrganizations } from "./organizations/useOrganizations";
 import useAuthorized from "./useAuthorized";
 
-const useIsOrgAdmin = (): boolean => {
+export interface UseIsOrgAdminOptions {
+  enabled?: boolean;
+}
+
+const useIsOrgAdmin = (options?: UseIsOrgAdminOptions): boolean => {
   const { userId, userRole } = useAuthorized();
-  const { data: organizations } = useOrganizations();
-  return isOrgAdminSessionRole(userRole) || isOrgAdminForAnyOrg(organizations, userId);
+  const enabled = options?.enabled ?? true;
+  const { data: organizations } = useOrganizations(undefined, { enabled });
+  return isOrgAdminSessionRole(userRole) || (enabled && isOrgAdminForAnyOrg(organizations, userId));
 };
 
 export default useIsOrgAdmin;
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/capabilities.test.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/capabilities.test.ts
index 3f5d4b4efbe..78f6a3221e0 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/capabilities.test.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/capabilities.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 
-import { hasCapability, rolesWithCapability, type Capability } from "./capabilities";
+import { capabilityRequiresOrgAdmin, hasCapability, rolesWithCapability, type Capability } from "./capabilities";
 import { effectiveSessionRole } from "./roles";
 
 const ADMIN_ROLES = ["Admin", "Admin Viewer", "proxy_admin", "proxy_admin_viewer"];
@@ -141,3 +141,29 @@ describe("rolesWithCapability", () => {
     expect(hasCapability(removed, "viewToolPolicies")).toBe(true);
   });
 });
+
+// Callers use this to skip the organization-list fetch that backs the org-admin
+// check when the capability cannot be reopened by an org-admin membership. That
+// keeps role-gated pages like Memory / Workflows / Guardrails Monitor from
+// firing a network request just to compute a denial.
+describe("capabilityRequiresOrgAdmin", () => {
+  it("is true only for viewDeletedTeams, the sole capability that opts org admins in", () => {
+    expect(capabilityRequiresOrgAdmin("viewDeletedTeams")).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it.each<Capability>([
+    "viewToolPolicies",
+    "viewAuditLogs",
+    "viewPolicies",
+    "viewPrompts",
+    "viewOrganizationUsage",
+    "viewAgentUsage",
+    "viewGlobalSpend",
+    "viewWorkflowRuns",
+    "viewMemory",
+    "viewGuardrailUsage",
+    "viewProxyWideCostData",
+  ])("is false for %s so useCan can skip the org-list fetch for it", (capability) => {
+    expect(capabilityRequiresOrgAdmin(capability)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/capabilities.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/capabilities.ts
index dabbc827bcb..abb130bd255 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/capabilities.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/capabilities.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ export type Capability = keyof typeof CAPABILITY_ROLES;
 
 const ORG_ADMIN_CAPABILITIES: ReadonlySet<Capability> = new Set<Capability>(["viewDeletedTeams"]);
 
+export const capabilityRequiresOrgAdmin = (capability: Capability): boolean => ORG_ADMIN_CAPABILITIES.has(capability);
+
 export const hasCapability = (
   userRole: string | null | undefined,
   capability: Capability,