Forum:KB:Jedi Finances

The Jedi Order as we know it was a religious order. How did they finance the maintenance of the Jedi Temple, maintenance and acquisition of the various starfighters, ships, tanks and speeders and how do they fund their operations because in Episode 1 Qui Gon Jinn had some funds that he offered for starship parts. Is the Jedi order funded by the Republic tax payer or do they get the money through other means and was the money that Qui Gon had an allowance that the order gives to it's Jedi? (Venatorcruiser)