First Check is a unique health fact-checking initiative by DataLEADS – an independent media organisation registered as a private limited company in India.  We do not accept donations or any support/funding from political/religious parties or from the government.

OW DataLEADS Pvt Ltd is a for profit entity and gets its income from content creation, media literacy and fact-checking training, media events, and data visualisation. More details about membership can be checked here.

Organisations that contributed more than 5 per cent of total OW DataLEADS revenues in the year 2022-2023 are:

  • Google
  • World Health Organisation
  • Konrad Adenauer Stiftung