Nyora kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi waKurume 31, 2011, mutambi akatora chikamu mu "Manheru naJames Franco", Washington D.C. kudya kwemanheru kunobatsira 826DC, hwaro husina purofiti hwakagadzirwa kubatsira vadzidzi vemunharaunda kuzadzisa zvinangwa zvavo, pamwe nekupa zvirongwa zvekunyora mushure mechikoro uye mashopu anovakurudzira kuvandudza hunyanzvi 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 akasaina T-shirt iyo yaizotengeswa kuburikidza neYoshiki Foundation, nemari yaizopihwa rubatsiro rweJapan 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.