Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi waMarch 31, 2011, mutambi wacho akapinda mu "An Evening naJames Franco", Washington D.C. kudya kwemanheru kunobatsira 826DC, sangano risina purofiti rakagadzirirwa kubatsira vadzidzi vemunharaunda kuti vasvike pazvinangwa zvavo, pamwe nekupa zvirongwa zvekunyora mushure mechikoro uye mashopu anovakurudzira kuti vavandudze unyanzvi hwavo hwekunyora. Franco akabatanidzwa naDave Eggers '826 National mushure mekunge Eggers amubvunza kuti aite pfungwa yepfungwa yechirongwa, uye akavatungamira zvinyorwa kwavari uye kubvira ipapo ave mutsigiri wavo. Pamusangano wacho, akataura kuti aifunga sei kuti zvikoro zvaifanira kuva zvomuzvarirwo zvikuru nezvirongwa zvavo zvemabhuku. "Kunyora kunogona kuita zvinhu zvisingagoni kuitwa nevhidhiyo", akawedzera kudaro. Muna Kubvumbi 2011, Franco akaisa autograph paT-shirt iyo yaizotengeswa kuburikidza neYoshiki Foundation, nemari yaizopihwa ku
Kuyamura kweJapan pakaitika tsunami. Musi waJune 14, akaremekedzwa neamfAR, sangano rokutsvakurudza AIDS, paMuseum of Modern Art. Franco akagamuchira Piaget Award of Inspiration nokuda kwebasa rake rokubatsira vanhu uye mipiro kumagadzirirwo evarume.