[Abyssinian1]

Saving parrots is a big, sort of blanket goal. I agree that fine tuning is probably in order. Opening a rescue is not for the faint of heart or the light of wallet, as these things have a tendency to grow out of control if you let them.

One of the ways that you could make a difference as far as saving these parrtos is to look beyond just the birds themselves. Why are parrots disappearing from the wild. What would parrots who are reintroduced to the wild need (i.e. habitat, food sources, nesting sites, a poacher-and predator free envirionment, monitoring). One of the things that the Gabriel Foundation does do, in addition to taking in abandoned, relinquished and unwanted birds and offering them sanctuary as well as medical care, behavioral training (for the humans, moreso that the birds) and adoption services for birds deemed ready to family life, is education. They have an international program that helps those folks in other countries who are trying to save the parrot's habitat, and trying to monitor nests. The aviary also serves as an educational base, with tours of the facilities for groups like Boy and Girl scouts, school groups and such. There is such a great deal of ignorance regarding parrots as pets that it's a little like trying to use a flashlight to light up a pitch-dark ballroom and the sooner kids learn about why a parrot sometimes doesn't make the best pet, and why they are worth saving in the wild, the better. I'd love to see the day when the root causes of parrots ending up in shelters, abandonded and neglected, were addressed.

There is also parrots international, which is trying to save the parrots that are left in the wild via legislation and lobbying and grassroots action and I know that they could also always use a few extra dollars.

If you are thinking of joining a breeding program with the intention of saving an endangered species (as with the Hyacinths), you might want to search around and find out where those breeding programs are being conducted and then volunteer to see what goes into such programs and the huge commitment in time and money such things entail.. Some are private, like the one going on for the Blue Throats and the Spix macaws, and are being conducted with the idea that when the captive population gets to a certain level, they will begin releasing the birds into protected areas, much like the wolves that were reintroduced to Yellowstone. For these things to succeed, these parrots will need a great deal of habitat, monitoring equipment, volunteers, etc. It's another thing you might want to look into.
If it were me, I'd do some serious, hardcore research before deciding what to do, to make the most efficient use of the funds and to make sure that they could do the most good.