diff --git a/frontend/src/features/collections/collections-grid.ts b/frontend/src/features/collections/collections-grid.ts
index 9237e88a..3d87906b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/features/collections/collections-grid.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/features/collections/collections-grid.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ export class CollectionsGrid extends BtrixElement {
       return html`
         <div class="flex flex-col items-center justify-center gap-3 px-3 py-10">
           <p class="text-base text-neutral-500">
-            ${msg("No public collections yet.")}
+            <slot name="empty-text">
+              ${msg("No public collections yet.")}
+            </slot>
           </p>
           <slot name="empty-actions"></slot>
         </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/org/dashboard.ts b/frontend/src/pages/org/dashboard.ts
index eac5b9da..db7bd18b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/org/dashboard.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/org/dashboard.ts
@@ -462,6 +462,11 @@ export class Dashboard extends BtrixElement {
               }}
             >
               ${this.renderNoPublicCollections()}
+              <span slot="empty-text"
+                >${this.collectionsView === CollectionGridView.Public
+                  ? msg("No public collections yet.")
+                  : msg("No collections yet.")}</span
+              >
               ${this.collections.value &&
               this.collections.value.total > this.collections.value.items.length
                 ? html`