diff --git a/app/controllers/organizations_controller.rb b/app/controllers/organizations_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f9024d00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/organizations_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+class OrganizationsController < ApplicationController
+    '''Organizations Controller. Key names changed to be HSDS compliant'''
+    def index
+        organization = Resource.order(:name)
+        # push elements into list to meet formatting requirements for HSDS 
+        organization_container = []
+        organization.each do |element|
+            organization_container.push(element)
+        end
+        render json: OrganizationsPresenter.present(organization_container)
+    end
+    def show
+        # Find the relevant resource and adjust variables for HSDS form
+        resource = Resource.find([params[:id]])
+        
+        render json: OrganizationsPresenter.present(resource)
+    end
+    
+    def destroy
+        org = Resource.find params[:id]
+        org.delete
+    end
+    
+    def organization
+        # Note: We *must* use #preload instead of #includes to force Rails to make a
+        # separate query per table. Otherwise, it creates one large query with many
+        # joins, which amplifies the amount of data being sent between Rails and the
+        # DB by several orders of magnitude due to duplication of tuples.
+        Resource.preload(:resources)
+    end
+end
diff --git a/app/presenters/organizations_presenter.rb b/app/presenters/organizations_presenter.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..32bfdf82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/presenters/organizations_presenter.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+class OrganizationsPresenter < Jsonite
+  property :id
+  property :name
+  property :alternate_name
+	property(:description) { long_description }
+  property :email
+  property(:url) { website }
+  property(:tax_status){ nil }
+  property(:tax_id){ nil }
+  property(:year_incorporated){ nil }
+  property :legal_status
+end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index af22cd2d..cdb5c555 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@
   resources :notes do
     resources :change_requests, only: :create
   end
+  resources :organizations do
+    resources :change_requests, only: :create
+  end
   resources :addresses do
     resources :change_requests, only: :create
   end
diff --git a/swagger/v1/swagger.json b/swagger/v1/swagger.json
index e0ab1be2..128764b0 100644
--- a/swagger/v1/swagger.json
+++ b/swagger/v1/swagger.json
@@ -1590,6 +1590,75 @@
           "application/json"
         ]
       }
+    },
+    "/organizations": {
+      "get": {
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "examples": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "id": "string",
+                "name": "string",
+                "alternate_name": "string",
+                "description": "string",
+                "email": "string",
+                "url": "string",
+                "tax_status": "string",
+                "tax_id": "string",
+                "year_incorporated": "string",
+                "legal_status": "string"
+              }
+            },
+            "description": "Organization Response"
+          }
+        },
+        "tags": [
+          "organizations"
+        ],
+        "summary": "Retrieves all organizations",
+        "produces" : [
+          "application/json"
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    "/organizations/{id}": {
+      "get": {
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "examples": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "id": "string",
+                "name": "string",
+                "alternate_name": "string",
+                "description": "string",
+                "email": "string",
+                "url": "string",
+                "tax_status": "string",
+                "tax_id": "string",
+                "year_incorporated": "string",
+                "legal_status": "string"
+              }
+            },
+            "description": "Organization Response"
+          }
+        },
+        "parameters": [
+          {
+            "name": "id",
+            "in": "path",
+            "type": "integer",
+            "description": "Resource ID",
+            "required": true
+          }
+        ],
+        "tags": [
+          "organizations"
+        ],
+        "summary": "Retrieves organization by id",
+        "produces" : [
+          "application/json"
+        ]
+      }
     }
   }
 }