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26 Maryland-only listings · 323 national · latest check Sept 27, 2026
Unclaimed money
The state may be holding your forgotten paychecks, deposits or refunds. Searching takes a minute and costs nothing.
Tax credits people miss
Lower-income Maryland renters can get a check of up to $1,000 from the state.
Tax credits people miss
Caps your property tax based on income for Maryland homeowners with household income up to $60,000.
Free college & tuition help
Up to $5,000 a year to cover leftover community college tuition and fees for Maryland grads.
Energy help
Government help paying heating and cooling bills, plus crisis help if you are facing a shutoff or run out of fuel.
211 help lines
Dial 2-1-1 or search online to find local help with food, rent, utilities, health care and more. It’s free and confidential.
Free transit
Baltimore’s free bus hits more than 100 destinations on five routes.
Free transit
Every Ride On bus in Montgomery County is fare-free. Zero. Zilch.
Free transit
Baltimore City runs a free boat that connects five piers around the harbor. Cruise just for the fun of it.
Free shit from your city
Baltimore City residents can get a free tree for the yard.
Kids’ health coverage
Free coverage for uninsured kids under 19 whose family earns too much for Medicaid.
Free fishing days
Fish without a license on set free days. 2026 dates were June 6, June 13 and July 4, tidal and nontidal waters.
Museum & culture passes
General admission is free, including one of the world’s great Matisse collections.
Museum & culture passes
Always free and open to everyone in Mount Vernon, Baltimore.
Museum & culture passes
Baltimore’s wonderfully weird art museum is free for EBT/SNAP cardholders and kids 6 and under.
Museum & culture passes
400 acres of native gardens and 5 miles of trails on the Eastern Shore, free every day.
Museum & culture passes
Montgomery County’s 50-acre public garden with two conservatories. Admission is free.
Museum & culture passes
See the universe in your own backyard at NASA Goddard in Greenbelt. Admission is free.
Museum & culture passes
Baltimore’s museum of African American history is free for Maryland public school educators.
Museum & culture passes
A huge contemporary art museum and landscape in Potomac. Admission is always free.
Museum & culture passes
Eastern Shore landscapes Harriet Tubman used to lead people out of slavery. No entrance pass required.
Museum & culture passes
The Glen Echo home of the American Red Cross founder. No entrance pass required.
Museum & culture passes
Civil War battlefield near Frederick. No entrance pass required.
Library card perks
Borrow a library pass for free day-use entry to all Maryland State Parks for a carload of up to 10.
Park, hunting & fishing passes
A free lifetime pass into Maryland state parks and other DNR lands for people with disabilities, plus one companion.
Park, hunting & fishing passes
Maryland honors the federal fourth grade pass, so fourth graders and their families get into state parks free.
Open settlementsUS
Share of $59.5M for people who used the Flo app in 2016 to 2019.
Open settlementsUS
$40 cash without receipt for owners of certain Bestway pools 48 inches or taller.
Open settlementsUS
Claim up to $5 without documentation if you used CVS web or app.
Open settlementsUS
$0.50 per product for up to 5 products without proof of purchase.