Lengkepan kalimah di handap ieu: Tanggal 31 Maret 2011, aktor milu dina "An Evening with James Franco", a Washington D.C. dinner benefit for 826DC, a non-profit foundation created to help neighborhood students reach their goals, as well as provide after-school literature programs and workshops that encourage them to improve their writing skills. Franco kalibet jeung Dave Eggers' 826 National sanggeus Eggers ménta manéhna pikeun ngalakukeun ideu konseptual pikeun program, sarta manéhna diarahkeun hiji dokumenter pikeun maranehna sarta geus saprak geus supporter maranéhanana. Dina acara éta, anjeunna nyarioskeun kumaha anjeunna mikir sakola kedah langkung orisinil sareng program literaturna. "Tulisan bisa ngalakukeun hal-hal anu teu bisa dilakukeun ku vidéo", manéhna nambahan. Dina April 2011, Franco nandatanganan hiji kaos anu bakal dilelang ngaliwatan Yayasan Yoshiki, kalayan hasilna disumbangkeun pikeun
Bantuan tsunami Jepang. Tanggal 14 Juni, anjeunna dihormat ku amfAR, yayasan pikeun panalungtikan AIDS, di Museum of Modern Art. Franco narima Piaget Award of Inspiration pikeun karya kamanusaan sarta kontribusi pikeun gaya lalaki.