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[Star Wars] How much wealth does the Jedi Order possess at the time of Episode 1?

I feel like they should be extremely wealthy.  They own the main temple on Coruscant, and maintain others across the galaxy.  They've been around for thousands of years, more than enough time for even the worst interest rates to make them insanely wealthy.  They have the funds to buy spaceships and in the past they've fought wars against the Sith.  Are the Jedi incredibly wealthy, or does all their money go elsewhere?  Do they subsist on donations or are they self-funded or are galactic taxpayers paying their salaries?
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Their wealth isn't as huge as you'd think.

* They don't own any capital class ships, all of their travel is either done on Republic-owned vessels (see Episode I), public travel options (Episode II) or in starfighters.

* They only really maintain the Coruscant Temple, and while there are indeed others, they are mostly left alone except for pilgrimages, and the one on Coruscant is the only one we know of that has any real technology being used, so they're not paying huge amounts for power. And for that matter, these buildings are ancient; the Jedi Temple on Coruscant is over 5000 years old.

* They do own a fleet of droids, but those are relatively inexpensive.

* The last time they fought the Sith was with the backing of the Republic, so it's not like they were paying for the war out of pocket - it was two galactic scale governments going head to head.

* They have the Archives, which are among the most complete libraries in the galaxy. Jocasta Nu noted (somewhat arrogantly, but also deservedly) that if something is not in their archives, it does not exist. These archives can likely be used by non-Jedi scholars and professors, should they ask.

* The Jedi do not have salaries. They get mission stipends for basic necessities, but they're not paid beyond that.