Not quite accurate.  There are many religious orders who have their founders before the Congregation for Saints, some are now Blessed and waiting for that second miracle, with most of them languishing in that "limbo" we hear about now and then.  Only SOME few orders have the kind of money you refer to in your comment.  It is true that orders look for a special patron to finance the cause, but that pool of money has been drying up for years, soon to vanish completely in most cases.  I wish that the cost of doing this was far, far less, but it has been a will remain a time consuming, arduous and meticulous process - as it should be - and those who do the work deserve to be paid.  I wish groups like the Knights of Columbus would stay out of it, though.  They turn it into a game of "favorites."