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[Star Wars] How does the Jedi temple generate income?

I was watching Star Wars: The Clone Wars season 5 episode 17, about a bomb in the Jedi temple and Ahsoka mentioned something about how much the Jedi pay maintenance workers. Which made me think: how do the Jedi pay for anything? They're a private organization, right? So they couldn't generate income from taxes. Can anybody clear this up for me?
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While the Republic does subsidize the Jedi Order to an extent, the vast majority of the wealth acquired by the Jedi is donated from literally billions across the Galaxy. Throughout the Temple there are hallways upon hallways of priceless works of art donated from people from all walks of life. The Jedi Order is also, for the most part, self sufficient. Jedi themselves are not payed and they, along with other organizations like the various Jedi Service Corps, run much of the day to day temple life without the expectation of payment. During the Clone Wars many Jedi were forced into service, thus necessitating the need to pay workers to maintain the Temple. This is not usually the case as part of Jedi philosophy is selfless helping of others. In that they, during peacetime, function as a self sufficient commune without the need of paid labour. This allows them to build a significant fortune that they can fall back on in emergencies, or to give credits to Jedi who might need them in the field.