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title: "Contributing to a Community or Source | ThreatConnect"
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description: "This article provides an overview of contributing a Group to a Community or Source in ThreatConnect."
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# Contributing to a Community or Source

## Overview

Contributing a [Group](https://knowledge.threatconnect.com/v1/docs/the-threatconnect-data-model) to a [Community or Source](https://knowledge.threatconnect.com/v1/docs/ownership-in-threatconnect) in ThreatConnect® results in a copy of the Group being added to that Community or Source. This copy is a separate Group, and any modifications to it will not affect the original Group. When contributing a Group, you can choose whether to contribute its Tags, its Attributes, and some or all of its associated Indicators and Groups to the target Community or Source. You may also contribute a Group to multiple Communities or Sources.

Groups may be shared between Communities or contributed from an Organization to a Community or Source. For data in an Organization, but not in a Community or Source, contribution of the data to a Community or Source is a prerequisite for [sharing intelligence across ThreatConnect instances](/v1/docs/the-cross-intel-sharing-app-sharing-data-across-threatconnect-instances) via the [Publish feature](/v1/docs/the-publish-feature).

## In This Series

- *[Contributing a Group to a Community or Source](https://knowledge.threatconnect.com/docs/contributing-a-group-to-a-community-or-source)*: Learn how to contribute a Group to a Community or Source, view properties of a contributed Group, and recontribute a Group to the same Community or Source.
- *[Group Hierarchy and Association Directionality](https://knowledge.threatconnect.com/docs/group-hierarchy-and-association-directionality)*: Learn about the Group hierarchy rules and association directionality ThreatConnect follows when you contribute a Group to a Community or Source.

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## Related

- [Copying a Group From a Community or Source](/copying-a-group-from-a-community-or-source.md)
- [The Cross-Intel Sharing App: Sharing Data Across ThreatConnect Instances](/the-cross-intel-sharing-app-sharing-data-across-threatconnect-instances.md)
- [The Publish Feature](/the-publish-feature.md)