Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Poutu-te-rangi 31, 2011, i uru te kaiwhakaari ki te "He ahiahi me James Franco", he Washington DC te kai mo te 826DC, he kaupapa kore-pai i hangaia hei awhina i nga akonga o te takiwa ki te whakatutuki i o raatau whaainga, me te whakarato i nga kaupapa tuhinga whai muri i te kura me nga awheawhe e akiaki ana ia ratou ki te whakapai ake i o raatau pukenga tuhituhi. I uru a Franco ki te 826 National a Dave Eggers i muri i te tono a Eggers ki a ia kia mahi i tetahi whakaaro kaupapa mo te hotaka, a ka whakahaeretia e ia tetahi tuhinga mo ratou, a mai i taua wa he kaitautoko mo ratou. I taua huihuinga, i kōrero ia e pā ana ki tōna whakaaro me whai whakaaro ake ngā kura ki ā rātou hōtaka pukapuka. "Ka taea e te tuhi te mahi i nga mea kaore e taea e te ataata", ka tapiritia. I te Paenga-whāwhā 2011, ka waitohu a Franco i tētahi T-shirt ka hokona atu mā te Yoshiki Foundation, ā, ka hoatu te moni i reira mō
He āwhina mō te tsunami i Hapanihi. I te Pipiri 14, i whakahonoretia ia e amfAR, te turanga mo te rangahau AIDS, i te Museum of Modern Art. I whakawhiwhia a Franco ki te Piaget Award of Inspiration mo ana mahi atawhai me ana takoha ki te taera o nga taane.